Swedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age, new evidence confirms
6/20/2018 06:00:00 PM
Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron Age in the Nordic region. The findings made in Uppåkra in southern Sweden indicate a large-scale production of beer, possibly for feasting and trade.
"We found carbonised malt in an area with low-temperature ovens located in a separate part of the settlement. The findings are from the 400-600s, making them one of the earliest evidence of beer brewing in Sweden", says Mikael Larsson, who specialises in archaeobotany, the archaeology of human-plant interactions.
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