Show origin of beer making I 1 the origin of beer making is lost in antiquity probably the ancient egyptians were the first civilized people to engage in brewing and a barley wine or beer is believed to have been known in t that 11 at country as early as B C herodotus ascribes the invention to the goddess isis ale or beer was never used to any extent in greece or italy partly owing to the abundance of wine there but xenophon mentions it as being used among the inhabitants of armenia and a nd the bauls were also acquainted acquaint eld with it in early times it was in common use in germany in the time of tacitus |