Texts list three types. This liquid was then filtered and stored. This type of beer is still made in this manner in Sudan and parts of Egypt. Sweet beer is also mentioned, although little is known about it. Black beer is assumed to be the most alcoholic, perhaps due to a longer period of fermentation.
Texts also speak of a Sumerian beer, which was probably imported.
Phonecia, judging by the archaeological evidence, was also familiar with the beverage. America Two Dutch colonists established the first private brewery in America in 1612, at the tip of Manhattan Island. The first Dutch-American child born was born there, as the entire settlement believed it would be good luck. The passengers on the Mayflower brought their own beer with them, very usual in a time when the water was largely deemed unsafe, and on a sea-voyage, unavailable. The crew of the Mayflower, wishing to make sure that they had enough of the drink to consume on the way back to England, decided to let their passengers off a bit early and farther north than originally planned.