As far back as 850 A.D it is said that a lonely sheep herder and
hischarge stumbled across a strange and mysterious berrygrowing on a
secluded and forgotten hillside. Before hecould stop them, some of his
sheep had already began tosample this strange fruit. After about ten
minutes or so theshepherd began to notice something unusual about his

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In article
<7e9c812d-e73c-4943-9b85-4a73c 3773...@i29g2000prf.googlegrou ps.com>,
Beer, hands down.
Perhaps wine, before that, since it practically makes itself, whereas
beer requires effort.

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Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@your_pants.PlayNaked.com > wrote in news:Misc-
04C81E.17531826122...@newsclst r03.news.prodigy.net:
Word. Beer is the original alcoholic beverage. And the best
and always will be.
B. (Ruing the current hops shortage.)

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:09:10 -0800 (PST), apollo66...@yahoo.com.tw
wrote:
Actually the caffeine acts like theophylline which is a bronchodilator
(helps dilate the pulmonary bronchioles which helps asthma.) The
coffee doesn't contain theophylline.
CigarBaron

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On 27 Dec 2007 01:11:29 GMT, Bart Goddard <goddar...@netscape.net>
wrote:
Most likely wine predated beer. Any person who can get a grape can
make wine (as the natural yeasts on the grape skin do not need extra
additives to make wine.) Bad wine, yes, but wine.
CigarBaron

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Marc Schneiderman <garba...@telerama.com> wrote in
Not likely. The Sumerians were brewing beer 8000 years ago.
(We have the recipe and we have the song in praise of the
Goddess of Brewing.)
See [link]
B.

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Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia so it must be true right? :-)
Beer is the world's oldest[1] and most popular[2][3] alcoholic beverage
Beer is one of the world's oldest beverages, possibly dating back to the 6th
millennium BCE, and is recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia.[4] The earliest known chemical evidence of beer dates to circa

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I have no evidence but would nominate mead. All you need is honey and
water, no yeast or specialised equipment.

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Theophylline
tea : teophylline : 1,3-dimetilxantine
coffe: caffeine: 1,3,7-trimetilxantine
have you seen an Asian Asmathic?????
;)

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