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World’s Largest Prehistoric Brewery Unearthed in Ireland

by Sreeraman on August 13, 2007 at 5:40 PM General Health News

Our Bronze Age ancestors were really fond of alcohol, what with archaeologists having uncovered evidence of the world’s largest prehistoric brewery in Ireland.

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After four years of research, which took them from Belgium to Bavaria to investigate ancient beer-making methods, archaeologists Declan Moore and Billy Quinn have found evidence of microbreweries across Ireland, which predates the 1759 foundation of the Guinness brewery by several thousand years.

The duo, part of the archaeological consultancy based in Co Galway has demonstrated that enigmatic man-made Bronze Age features, which are common throughout Ireland, are in fact ancient microbreweries.

The team has now recreated Bronze Age brewing methods and produced a modern version of the ale, which the ancient Celts would have drunk by the beaker after a hard day's hunting and gathering.

The research, which is to be published in Archaeology Ireland magazine next month, focuses on the 4,500 “fulacht fiadhs” (pits or recesses), which date from 1,500 BC and are dotted across the island nation.

The purpose of the horseshoe-shaped mounds surrounding an indentation has been a mystery since they were first identified in the 17th century.

In the 1950s it was proposed that they were filled with water, which was brought to the boil by adding heated stones and used to cook mutton. But a lack of animal bones around the sites led to Moore and Quinn to suggest an alternative use.

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