{"id":22621,"date":"2023-08-26T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israbeer.co.il\/?p=22621"},"modified":"2024-03-29T03:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T05:06:16","slug":"israeli-beer-history-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israbeer.co.il\/en\/israeli-beer-history-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli beer: history pages"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our beloved beer was born in the Middle East. It began to be brewed several thousand years ago in that region. Unfortunately, with the emergence of a new religion – Muslimism – it, like other alcohol, was prohibited.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the 20th century, the beer situation in the region began to change significantly. Brewing began to be revived again. In Israel, it is as young as the state itself, and dates back just over seven decades.<\/p>\n
After years of forgetting, beer began to be brewed in Israel again in the 1930s. The first Palestine brewery was built by Baron Rothschild and French banker Gaston Dreyfus in 1934, before the establishment of the State of Israel. It was located on the grounds of a winery in Rishon le Zion. Visitors to the winery can still see the mosaic eagle on the site of the first Israeli brewery.<\/p>\n
The Palestine Brewery brewed low-alcohol light and non-alcoholic dark beer “Nesher” (which means Eagle in Hebrew). Nesher beer is rightfully considered the first domestic beer.<\/p>\n
The local beer immediately gained popularity. In those years, the country was under the British Mandate, and soldiers were happy to drink light Nesher beer to quench their thirst. From time-to-time special series were produced: beer “for Australian soldiers”, beer “for those who understand”, and later, beer “for the Israeli army”.<\/p>\n\n