ocr: TheHistory of Beer Beer was certainly brewed by the ancient Egyptians and had almost certainly arrived in Britain by the Neolithic period - the builders of Stonehenge would undoubtedly have enjoyed a pint or two after a hard day's work. When the Romans arrived, they tried to introduce wine through their tabernae, but the British climate is really better suited for cereal growing. So, the British carried on with their brewing. Beer was brewed in the home, on farms, in wayside taverns and, later, in the great monasteries. There was no brewing in brewenes that we would recognise today, and until ...