Zvinhu zvainwiwa nevaEurope vekutanga zvingasazivikanwa sechinhu chinonzi doro nevanhu vakawanda mazuva ano. Kunze kwechinhu chikuru chinogadzirwa nesitashi, doro rekutanga rekuEurope raigona kunge riine michero, uchi, mhando dzakawanda dzemiti, zvinonhuwira nezvimwe zvinhu zvakaita semishonga inodhaka. Zvaisava nemahumisi, sezvo ichi chaive chinhu chakazowedzerwa, chakatanga kutaurwa muEurope munenge muna 822 naAbot weCarolingian uye zvakare muna 1067 naAbbess Hildegard weBingen. Muna 1516, William IV, Duke weBavaria, akagamuchira mutemo weReinheitsgebot (kuchena), pamwe mutemo wekare-wehutano hwezvikafu uchiri kushandiswa muzana ramakore rechi21, maererano nemutemo unobvumidza chete doro rekugadzira zvinhu zvinogadzirwa nemahumisi, mvura-malt uye hop-mometers.
michero, uchi, marudzi mazhinji emiti, zvinonhuwira nezvimwe zvinhu zvakadai semakwenzi anodhaka