Brewery (nonfiction)

16th century brewery.

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.

The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant.

The commercial brewing of beer has taken place since at least 2500 BC; in ancient Mesopotamia, brewers derived social sanction and divine protection from the goddess Ninkasi.

Brewing was initially a cottage industry, with production taking place at home; by the ninth century monasteries and farms would produce beer on a larger scale, selling the excess; and by the eleventh and twelfth centuries larger, dedicated breweries with eight to ten workers were being built.

In the News

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  Receipt for Sumerian beer still valid.

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  Glass of ale glad to be out of the bottle.

Fiction cross-reference

• Bad Job Brewery

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Bad Job Brewery (nonfiction)

External links:

• Brewery @ wiki.karljones.com
• Brewery @ Wikipedia