Talk:Beer

Article Checklist for "Beer"

Workgroup category or categories	Sociology Workgroup, History Workgroup, Food Science Workgroup [Editors asked to check categories]
Article status	Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
Underlinked article?	Yes
Basic cleanup done?	No
Checklist last edited by	--Todd Coles 14:11, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

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I started this article from scratch here at Citizendium. --Ian Johnson 12:21, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

Original author notes

I created the Beer article as Anton Sweeney seemed to sensibly suggest it ought to be here for the CZ Write-a-Thon party. (With suitable apologies to all non-drinkers.) --Ian Johnson 12:21, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

The origin of booze

I would like to know about the origin of beer and booze generally. Did somebody just leave grain in a barrel for a long time and then decide to drink the water? Or what? --Larry Sanger 12:31, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

Some birds (even in San Francisco) apparently get drunk occasionally on fermented berries. Maybe other animals do also. Could early humans have seen, noted, and conducted scientific experiments, hehe? Hayford Peirce 14:41, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Yep, I've heard of pigs and cattle getting drunk on overripe apples that continue to ferment in their stomachs. Hmm. Imagine the conversation. "See the way that ox falls over after eating those rotten apples?" "Yes. [pause...] I'm gonna eat some too..." I've a friend very much into craft beers and brewing - I'll ask him to contribute (or at least loan me some books) next time I see him... Anton Sweeney 18:35, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Sports workgroup?

While I enjoy attending Thirsty Thursday's at my local minor league park as much as the next guy, I'm not sure there is any other correlation between sports and beer that warrants it being in that workgroup, so I'm going to remove it. --Todd Coles 14:10, 2 August 2007 (CDT)