How Beer Conquered the World (Twice): From Cavemen to Craft Breweries

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  @OTRontheroad · 6 months ago (edited) · pinned

  A few quick notes and corrections: <br>1) Apologies on the pronunciation of Vinny Cilurzo&apos;s name- I think I said &quot;Ceruzo.&quot; Maybe force of habit from when Vinny Cerrato was running an NFL team. Anyway, yeah, it&apos;s Cilurzo.<br>2) In the part where I was explaining the origins of pale ale, I left out one very important sentence- the barley after germination should be roasted to dry. Without the &quot;to dry,&quot; barley left to germinate and then roasted is just plain old malted barley. <br>3) Should clarify the part where Daria and I were both bought out by AB-InBev. Daria was a sales manager for Boxing Cat in Shanghai, showed up to work one day and was handed ABI business cards. Mine is a lot less dramatic; Starr Hill was my chief sponsor for a show I hosted and a partner business, but I was not working there when it was bought out, in case my wording is misleading. (The thing about taping these to-camera is there are no second takes, sometimes I wish I&apos;d rephrased something afterwards)<br><br>Cheers all and please enjoy!

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• QW

  @QwertiusMaximus · 6 months ago

  Pharaoh: &quot;I want you to build me a pyramid.&quot;<br>Peasants: &quot;What&apos;s in it for us?&quot;<br>Pharaoh: <b>*looks around*</b> &quot;I got beer!&quot;<br>Peasants: &quot;How tall do you want it?&quot;

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• IM

  @imetr8r · 6 months ago (edited)

  There is another hypothesis of how beer started and it goes like this:<br>Early peoples of the fertile crescent stored their barley in amphora buried in the ground to keep them cool for extended storage. Torrential rains or floods would occasionally fill the grain vessels with water. Sometime later the residents would return to find the grain had turned into a crude ale. Being hungry they ate/drank this concoction and found it to be quite pleasant as well as imbuing then with a joyous altered state. From there, experiments began to try to improve this random fermentation. This is my preferred hypothesis of the beginnings of beer. Finally, to quote Homer Simson, &quot;Beer, the cause of and solution to all problems&quot;!

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• MS

  @ms_direction · 6 months ago

  Insane refresh pull

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• PE

  @peewee1064able · 6 months ago

  Your channel is the only channel I get excited about when a new video drops. I love how in-depth every single video is.

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• EA

  @EarthCamper · 6 months ago

  Cheers to all beer lovers ...🍻

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• KO

  @koakie1 · 6 months ago

  Sorry my dear, I can&apos;t make it. I have an important history documentary to watch asap, for science.

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• TK

  @Tks525 · 6 months ago

  Happy? Beer!<br>Sad? Beer!<br>Bored? Beer!<br>Lonely? Beer!

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• JO

  @joebananas23 · 6 months ago

  OTR is the best channel I&apos;ve encountered on YouTube.<br>Thanks Adam and crew. You guys are amazing.

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• LA

  @LazyPictures · 6 months ago

  Hold on a sec, i&apos;ll get my beer or two for this vid

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• DR

  @DroneBeeStrike · 6 months ago

  It&apos;s cool that you can use beer to make bread and then you can use that bread to make more beer.

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• PH

  @philipbrower4003 · 6 months ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve been looking forward to this as a Brower (my surname originally &quot;Brouwer&quot; Dutch for beer maker), a home brewer and a beer aficionado. Thank you for making this! 😊

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