Beer is a lot older than anyone might think, when we think of how old beer actually is we tend to think it only a few hundred years old, in actual fact it is closer to 6,000 years old.
There is evidence that shows that the ancient Egyptians learnt to make beer even before they learnt to make bread.
One of the main factors that contributed to beers discovery and production was the fact that certain countries could not produce wine so some clever person found that if you make certain ingredients then beer was formed, although it was completely nothing like what we would drink today.