This is all thousands of years old. It’s the same the world over. ALAN D. EAMES All ThousandOldOverSameWorldYear
Beer is a gift from the goddesses, a soothing balm given our species to bring joy and comfort in compensation for the curse of self-awareness. ALAN D. EAMES AwarenessBeerComfortCompensationCurseGiftGivenGoddessesSoothingSpecies
I asked these Indians: “Do men ever make Chicha?” My question was met with gales of laughter. The women howled. Bent over in hilarity, one replied, “Men can’t brew. Chicha made by men would only make gas in the belly. ALAN D. EAMES AskBellyBentBlewChichaEverGasHilarityHowlIndianLaughterMakeMenMetQuestionReplyWomen
It was this appetite for beer-making material that led to crop cultivation, permanent settlement and agriculture. ALAN D. EAMES AgricultureAppetiteBeerCropCultivateMakeMaterialPermanentSettlement
It’s what we do as a species. It’s what makes us human. We brew. ALAN D. EAMES BrewDoHumanMakeSpecies
Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. ALAN D. EAMES AlterBeerBusinessFoodHumanMoodPreserveSacredSpeciesSubstance
Anyone who has ever walked upright has loved beer, celebrated over it, told talks over it, hatched plots over it, courted over it. ALAN D. EAMES AnyoneBeerCelebrateCountHatchLoveOverPlotTalkToldUprightWalk
Beer was the driving force that led nomadic mankind into village life. ALAN D. EAMES BeerDriveForceLieLifeMankindNomadicVillage
