<P> The mythical Flemish king Gambrinus (from Jan Primus (John I)), is sometimes credited with the invention of beer . </P> <P> According to Czech legend, deity Radegast, god of hospitality, invented beer . </P> <P> Ninkasi was the patron goddess of brewing in ancient Sumer . </P> <P> In Egyptian mythology, the immense blood - lust of the fierce lioness goddess Sekhmet was only sated after she was tricked into consuming an extremely large amount of red - coloured beer (believing it to be blood): she became so drunk that she gave up slaughter altogether and became docile . </P>

How did they make beer in the middle ages