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Beer was created by the fermentation of barley and hops in water. The farming of hops for this purpose may have been what caused humanity to first switch from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon)
Beers and ales were often served in pints. The Brigadier stated, "I'd rather have a pint", at the end of events in Devil's End, alluding to a pint of beer or ale. (TV: The Dæmons)
Alien beers
- Roz Forrester was hungover after drinking a three-pack of Martian ale. (PROSE: Original Sin)
- Fisherman's Ruin was the local beer in Sheldon's Folly. (PROSE: Grave Matter)
- Admiral's Old Antisocial was a beer sold by the Witch and Whirlwind bar on Dellah. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
- In the cellar of his house, the Seventh Doctor had a shelf stacked high with Ogron ale. (PROSE: Decalog 2: Lost Property) Ogron ale was also served at a bar on Blinni-Gar. (PROSE: Prime Time)
Types of beer
- The Fifth Doctor got drunk on ale spiked with ginger beer, which seriously reduced his resistance to alcohol. This also affected the TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)
- Bernice Summerfield drank real ale in Oxford, 1993. (PROSE: The Dimension Riders)
events
- St. Oscar's University held at the end of each term the 'Kinky Gerlinky Memorial Staturluna, Beer Race and Pyjama Jump'. (PROSE: Ghost Devices)
- Evelyn Smythe used to compete in the Yard of Ale race against the students at the History Social. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy)
large quantities, opinions on taste
- The Eighth Doctor, Anji Kapoor and Fitz Kreiner attended a Christmas bonfire the Vacherie volunteer fire department in St James Parish held to raise money. They had giant vats of gumbo, red beans and rice and five refrigerators of beer to serve. Fitz thought that it was "bloody awful beer" and said that the reason they chilled it was to hide the fact that it had no taste. (PROSE: The City of the Dead)
- Bernice Summerfield drank six pints at a beer tent on the planet Crex. (PROSE: Human Nature)
- In 2700 BC Mesopotamia, Ace drank beer from a bowl. She thought it tasted not unlike pig vomit. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)
- The Seventh Doctor and Dr. John Watson drank beer in London. It was laced with strychnine to give it body. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)