We've been drinking beer a long time, we humans.
The oldest confirmed evidence shows people making and drinking beer around 7,000 years ago, and additional finds might double that time span.
The date range is a bit shorter in our part of the world, but is therefore better documented, in Phil Busse's book Southern Oregon Beer: A Pioneering History.
Phil joined us in 2019 to celebrate the suds, and we quaff another round here.