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Moonberg Lager – Beeraclicious and Historical!

Beer brewing is certainly one of the great innovations of human civilization. It has a whopping 6000 years of history!

It emerged in the Samarian culture, the oldest known civilization, was taken over into the next super power, Babylon.

History of beer is closely intertwined with the history of humanity itself. Proof exists that the brewing tradition began some 6000 years ago. During this era some of the earliest concepts of brewing were discovered. When the Sumerians, the oldest known civilization on earth, noticed the fermentation process act upon an abandoned bowl of bread dough, they repeated the process to understand it and soon began "brewing."

They had discovered a true drink of the gods. They offered it to their gods as sacrifice; they gave it to their kings to drink; and all of this is inscribed in cuneiform tablets.

Around 3000 BC one of the world's greatest works of literature was written: The Epic of Gilgamesch. Written therein, bread and beer played a large role in the development of the tribes of the time into "cultivated people" - who we know now as the Sumerians. The tribal man Enkidu wants to measure his power with the demigod sovereign Gilgamesch and becomes after the enjoyment of bread and beer equal to a human being.

2000 BC was the downfall of the Sumerian empire, and the birth of the Babylonian empire. They built upon the culture of the Sumerians and took over, among other things, the art of brewing beer. The Babylonians brewed around 20 different beer styles and exported beer as far away as 1000 kilometer (621 miles) distant Egypt. Their king Hammurabi (1728-1686 BC) had even then ordered the chiseling of strong beer regulations - among other laws - in Doric columns. The "Codex Hammurabi" is the oldest set of known laws in the world. The people were given their daily ration of beer according to their social standing: Workers two liters per day, officials three, managers and highpriests five!

The Germans took it on 800BC, and went commercial around 200 AD.  A bit later than the trendsetters of Samarians and Babylonians, but they made it up with building a whole culture around it.

History flows forward on rivers of beer.
  Source: Anon

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In order to give the whole thing an orderly spin Germans set up the Reinheitsgebot in 1516 in Bavaria. It is the oldest still valid food law in the world. Set up to keep all cheap and nasty stuff out of the people’s drink, it only allowed hops, malt and water (there were some tax implications, too, but let’s keep it romantic for the moment).

The significance of the Reinheitsgebot lies in the fact that German beer is all natural! It may not contain any chemicals, preservatives, or artificial process enhancers (such as artificial enzymes or yeast nutrients) nor may it contain any cheap and flavorless sources of starch (such as rice and corn). This means, a beer made according to the Reinheitsgebot is always a wholesome and flavorful product you wish you could soak up with every pore of your body and we might just introduce beer bathing for the sake of indulgence!

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
  Source: Benjamin Franklin

 

Moonberg Lager - A new Beer is Born an old tradition is kept

“The problems with the world are that everybody is a few drinks behind” (Dean Martin).

What is more important than contributing to make the world a better place?

Somebody else can try to find the answer, because we believe that there is nothing more important.

So please join into the mission:

Bring Joy!

Lift spirits!

Open hearts!

Changing for the better without loosing your roots

The best things don’t evolve in isolation. Moonberg Lager is the result of the visionary spirit of the founder to compose this jewel in your hand by bringing beautiful elements together from around the world, the soul of

It is never about loosing your roots! It is the art of composing diversity into new symphonies that enrich each of us and our world as a whole.
Mother Nature’s law of change is eternal and universal.