How about a 9000 year old recipe?

This summer, how would you like to lean back in your lawn chair and toss back a brew made from what may be the world's oldest recipe for beer? Called Chateau Jiahu, this blend of rice, honey and fruit was intoxicating Chinese villagers 9,000 years ago - long before grape wine had its start in Mesopotamia.

So next time a priest or rabbi says something about "the fruit of the vine", keep those Chinese villagers in mind - they were kicking back brewskis a long time before wine came on the scene :)

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