[Stones] bronze age ale

[Ric]

no worries,

the whole question is interesting: beer and cereals
travelling up from Sumeria and possibly Ancient Egypt
/ North Africa ... it just goes to show nothing
happened in cultural isolation: there is a big story
here, which has yet to be told?

--- jtg <jtg.germainsjy at localdial.com> wrote:

> Sorry Ric,
> 
> My point was that unless you were a bronze age OCD
> person, you would only
> bother to pick out known dangerous plants
> specifically, some of the lesser
> problematicals or non-do. : ah what the hell!
> 
> Best I can see is if it made alcohol and you could
> see straight after a few
> days, well there MUST be GOOD herbs in it!
> 
> BTW, doesn't chewing Betel make your MOUTH go red?
> 

i have to be honest and say, i do not know? :)

> 
> 
> 
> John Germain
> 
> Jersey
> British Channel Islands
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stones-bounces at henge.org.uk
> [mailto:stones-bounces at henge.org.uk] On
> Behalf Of Ric
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:40 AM
> To: The Stones Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Stones] bronze age ale
> 
> could be - i think many different sorts of plants
> have
> been used to flavour beer - including mugwort?
> 
> i wonder if beer was the only fermented beverage or
> special drink in the British Isles, at this time,
> though?
> 
> in India there is a sacred drink called 'bhang': i
> spoke to someone who drank it once, in India, he
> said:
> "it makes your eyes go red" ...

Ric