How Beer Saved the World

(TV movie)
USA, 2011, 49 min

Cast:

Henry Strozier (narrator)

Plots(1)

Did you know that beer was critical to the birth of civilization? Or that is played a crucial role in the building of the pyramids, the founding of America, the Industrial Revolution and advancements in medicine? That's right - beer. Scientists and historians like up to tell the amazing untold story that puts beer at the center of the human civilization. Until almost modern times, it wasn't just a drink - beer was vital to life. Where water contained deadly bacteria, beer was safe, as a fermentation killed the germs. It was drunk by men, women and children for a large period of time, and inspired great moments in human history. Beer was vital to the birth of America from the moment the Mayflower stopped in Plymouth - find out why! (official distributor synopsis)

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