Discover the top 10 curiosities of beer

Would you like to know some curiosities of beer? A true fan of beer should know many information about it, but are you sure that you know everything about your favorite drink? Beer is an ancient drink, which has a lot of mysteries to solve.

Beer is a very popular drink, which has been drunk both by poor people and royalty people. For this reason, it becomes a very important and lucrative business.

Let’s know the 10 most important curiosities of beer

Surely, if you are a beer fan, you know many things about it. In this post, I want to give you more information and curiosities about our favorite drink. So let´s discover them!

• The women brewers

In spite of  beer is considered a men drink, in the ancient were the women, who were in charge of making our favorite drink. They stopped being responsible for brewing when beer began to be manufactured industrially.

First beers were created in Sumerian and Babylon. In this times, the women were the one, who make beer. While men hunted, women harvested the ingredients of beer and then they made it.

However the advertisements in the 50´s show beer as a drink for and of men, while women were  only an attractive decorative image.

• Beer was healthier than water in medieval times.

Certainly, beer is 90% made of water. In this way, why was it healthier than water in medieval times? In this years, it was difficult to find clean and drinking water, because it was a source of bacterias and illness. However, the alcohol made safer the water. So everyone preferred beer to water, because it was safer. So we can say that this curiosity of beer prevented a lot of diseases. 

• Did you know that the beer head is a feature of quality?

A beer, which hasn’t any foam, has an insipid taste. Some people don’t like the foam beer, but a good beer must have voluptuous foam, which don’t disappear even when you have finished your tankard. So the beer head can change the taste.

• Beer and Cannabis belong to the same family

Yes! I know it can be amazing. But the hop and the marihuana come from the same family of the cannabaceae. Some brewers tried to add «the cousin marihuana» to beer, but the results were no good.

• It is considered as the youth fountain

The reason is that beer has polyphenols and antioxidants, which catch the free radicals. In this way, the consumption of beer can protect the cells of your body from aging. The most important thing is that beer could delay the appearance of degenerative diseases.

• Beer came to Spain in XVI century

The Spanish Emperor Carlos I brought this drink from Germany, when he came to govern Spain. He used to drink beer, when he lived in Germany. In this way, the beer tradition began in Spain in this years.

The first modern fabric, which used hop, was in Yuste, Badajoz. Later, in XIX century, appeared the first industrial beer fabric, which was located near Barcelona.

• Beer has many health benefits

Not only the wine is good for your health, beer has also many health benefits, but they are less-known. So take advantage of its benefits with a moderate consumption For example:

1. Beer is ideal for pregnancy and breastfeeding because beer has many vitamins and proteins. In addition it offers folic acid, which is very important for the development of the nervous system of the fetus. In this case it is very important to drink alcohol-free beer.
2. Your hair will thank you if you wash it with beer because it will be more hydrated and smooth.
3. It is a fantastic way of rehydration after sport.
4. Beer also can strengthen our bones, specially in women in menopause.

This special drink was considered very important and the Egyptian workers earn its salary in beer.

• Beer was a basic food in the family diet.

In Sumerian and Egypt it was considered as one of the basic family diet because it has many vitamins and proteins. In addition, there are more micronutrients, such as potassium, phosphorus and vitamins.

A glass of beer only has about 85 calories. So you can have all its delivery nutrients without gaining weight.

• Why are there different kinds of beer?

There are 2 kinds of beer: Ales and Lagers. Did you know that the different is the beer yeast and the temperature at which they ferment?

On one hand, Ales do it at high temperatures. And it will be ready to drink in about one week. They are creamier and darker.

On the other hand, Lagers ferment at low temperatures. And it is used in Baviera. Lagers are lighter, as well as frothy and soft.

• The benefits of a bath of beer

Some people say that a bath of beer will bring you happiness and good luck. On the other hand, the baths of beer can give benefits to your body. Thanks to its natural components such as hop, yeast and barley, you will feel the effects on your skin, for example keeping skin pores clean and encouraging the skin regeneration. In addition, this special baths can stimulates metabolism and it also relieve stress and soothe the muscles.

For this reason, you have all of these benefits at your disposal in Beer Spa. So do not hesitate and take advantage of our beer treatments. You will find us in Alicante and Granada. So book where you prefer and enjoy the beer experience.

In conclusion, although beer is a very popular drink, which is loved by both poor and rich people. For this reason, it has been an important business. However beer is still a mysterious drink and the beer curiosities are still less-known.

Did you know all of these curiosities of beer? How many did you know? Tell us if you know some more.

Written by Inma Aragón