PAST 111 - Autumn 2025 | The Prehistoric Society

The malting industry is big business today. It provides #malt and #maltsugars for brewing, distilling and food production. But how was malt discovered? We wrote about the importance of malt in #prehistory for PAST magazine.
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(PDF) Importance of being malted: making malt sugars in the Palaeolithic PDF | In 1953 archaeologist Robert Braidwood initiated a debate. What began the domestication of cereals in the Ancient Near East? Was it bread or beer?... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

Hi, your post popped up on my timeline! Probably because you've mentioned 'malt'. As the main ingredient for ale, beer and whisky malt has an interesting and important ancient story.
Did you read the article on the origin #malt & #maltsugars in PAST magazine? 🤓
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

What is malt? This guy has the answers, explanations and plenty of science. Grains have a special and unique property. They can be easily transformed into #malt and #maltsugars. Liquid malt sugars can be fermented into ale or beer by yeast. Easy when you know how. 🏺🍻🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf3m...

lost blogs #1: The prehistoric transformation of grain into ale: magic, ceremony, ritual and more Lost blogs? What might they be? I thought it would be fun to look at and review the blogs that we wrote several years ago for other people's...

Archaeologists (or anyone else) who may be looking for a prehistoric ritual activity might like to consider the transformation of grain into ale. #malt #maltsugars and #ale.
merryn.dineley.com/2021/03/lost...

Bread or beer? What came first? Wild grains of barley and wheat were tiny, more husk than endorsperm. Better suited to make malt and malt sugars than flour for bread. Much easier too. Read all about it here! #malt #maltsugars Beer came later.

What happens in a mash tun? Fifteen years ago we mashed in a tub using hot rocks and crushed malt for the local ArchSoc Technology Day @orkneyarchaeology.bsky.social. Five years ago #EXARC made a video for their YouTube page. 🏺🍺🤓Explaining #mashing #maltsugars #ale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKHB...

What did Neolithic people drink at feasts?

A few years back there was a Feeding Stonehenge Project. I hoped to take part but that didn't happen. Lots of reasons. However they let me write this blog for English Heritage. 🏺🍺 #malt #maltsugars #ale #Neolithic
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The Ancient Magic of Malt: Making Malt Sugars and Ale from Grain Using Traditional Techniques | EXARC Summary: The transformation of grain into malt, malt sugars and ale is a three step process. First, the controlled germination (malting), then ‘mashing in’ and collecting a sweet liquid known as wort ...

This paper is presented as a historical narrative as well as being an explanation of the science and technology behind ancient and basic ‘mashing in’ techniques. How to make malt sugars from grain. 🏺🍺
#grain #cereals #malt #mash #maltsugars #ale #beer #brewing #archaeology
exarc.net/issue-2021-2...

My husband stumbled upon this video the other day. Asked if I'd seen it. Well, yes, but I'd forgotten about it! Thanks husband for a reminder. Thanks Tweedy Outdoors for a nice explanation of what they did with grain in the Neolithic.
🤓 🏺🍻 #malt #maltsugars and #ale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq-7...