Part 1 of an occasional series about the historic importance of beer
It was the accepted practice 4000 years ago in ancient Babylonia (modern Iraq) that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.
Mead is a honey-based beer, and because the Babylonian calendar followed the moon, this period was called the honey month, which eventually became our word honeymoon.
All prospective fathers-in-law please take note — Shippies is standing by to keep your new son-in-law supplied.
