Ironically, I am thinking that cavemen more likely had wine than beer. Not that I have any more information that Eno. I am just thinking that gathering grapes and letting them go bad, but still eating/drinking them was more likely that the blending necessary to get beer.
“But whether or not Paleolithic man drank alcohol is actually a scientifically debated topic, with many believing that our early ancestors actually did enjoy alcohol as the occasional drink. As Patrick McGovern observes in Scientific American, “our ancestral early hominins were probably already making wines, beers, meads and mixed fermented beverages from wild fruits, chewed roots and grains, honey, and all manner of herbs and spices culled from their environments.”’
Elephants have multiple stomachs & sometime store fruit in one until it ferments. Mammoths may have done the same with wild grains. Humans probably got the idea from them after a hunt.
GROG Premium Member over 4 years ago
Water.
William Bednar Premium Member over 4 years ago
Dino Brew!
clacou over 4 years ago
dinosaurs were extinct 60 million years before any apes showed up…
YippiKiAyMofo over 4 years ago
Anything that was available!
bbenoit over 4 years ago
Eno’s a religious fundamentalist? Who’d a thunk it…?
PO' DAWG over 4 years ago
Fermented cave water, with a twist of moss.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 4 years ago
Glacier water drunk from hollowed gourds.
Casey Jones over 4 years ago
Fred and Barney drank Cactus Cooler, if memory can be trusted.
posstockhoarder over 4 years ago
Cool mountain water with a stuffed pepper on the side!
the lost wizard over 4 years ago
The real dark ages.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Ironically, I am thinking that cavemen more likely had wine than beer. Not that I have any more information that Eno. I am just thinking that gathering grapes and letting them go bad, but still eating/drinking them was more likely that the blending necessary to get beer.
Gerard:D over 4 years ago
Urine.
duplin over 4 years ago
“But whether or not Paleolithic man drank alcohol is actually a scientifically debated topic, with many believing that our early ancestors actually did enjoy alcohol as the occasional drink. As Patrick McGovern observes in Scientific American, “our ancestral early hominins were probably already making wines, beers, meads and mixed fermented beverages from wild fruits, chewed roots and grains, honey, and all manner of herbs and spices culled from their environments.”’
https://vinepair.com/articles/paleo-drinking/
ChukLitl Premium Member over 4 years ago
Elephants have multiple stomachs & sometime store fruit in one until it ferments. Mammoths may have done the same with wild grains. Humans probably got the idea from them after a hunt.
pekenpug over 4 years ago
Dino vino!
craigwestlake over 4 years ago
Recent evidence has found that they did have beer. Apparently it was one of the earliest discoveries of mankind…
Andrew Sleeth over 4 years ago
Wild Turkey.
jdsven over 4 years ago
Cactus Coola. Didn’t you see that episode of The Flintstones, Eno?