Would the builders of Stonehenge have enjoyed beer on their breaks?
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However, since Stonehenge DID take perhaps over 500 years to complete, the odds are strong that at some point of the Druids (or Britons?) working on its construction did enjoy a beer, as it has been noted that Druids consumed beer before the Romans arrived.
The truth is, we just don't know though. Heck, we don't even know what language the builders spoke! There are records of them drinking milk and water, but not much more in the way of specifics. But beer was a possibility! And isn't it nice to imagine?
And isn't it nice to think of beer and Stonehenge developing at the same time? Magical isn't it?
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The origin of beer lies much earlier, around 9000BC, according to that same wonderful Wikipedia, and Celtic tribes enjoyed beer already in 3000 BC, so yes, as far as dates are concerned, this is all very possible.
Early beers (still from that same wiki source, you probably know this better yourself!) consisted of all kinds of herbs and spices, but I bet these were still very much liked after some hard work, and erecting those stones at stonehenge was definitely hard labor, unless they knew some building-techniques that are now long-lost.
I'm pretty sure they have been sitting around the campfire in the middle of Stonehenge, being very proud of their work so far, drinking a good pint of beer.
That's probably also why they only finished it half, the next morning they had a huge hang-over, and decided to call it a day, and never finished the job. Leaving us with the state it is in right now.
Bunch of slackers...
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My sources show that Stonehenge's construction started anywhere from 3500 BC to 2650 BC. So it looks like beer and Stonehenge emerged at about the same time. Spooooky, huh?
http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/stonehenge/
http://www.google.com/search?q=stonehenge&hl=en&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=BdfVSte8BI34NYLMoJUD&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=18&ved=0CEoQ5wIwEQ
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Stonehenge.html
The more I look at it, the more it seems that some archeologists are right in thinking that the invention of civilization was just an excuse for drinking beer.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Stonehenge-in-Lake-Michigan.html
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Interesting source!
I certainly would like to think that the Druids or Britons were out there with a pint. :)
This source http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/000123.html puts Celtic brewing as far back as 5000 BCE and mentions meadowsweet as a likely herbal flavor : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula_ulmaria