I love having a good drink after work. My go to is a beer, generally a stout or porter.
I don't drink often, although, there is a big drinking culture around me. Drinking culture refers the the customs associated with alcohol consumption. Like your after work beer
There's a big drinking culture around me, too. My coworkers love to go out after work to drink, so I usually go with them and have a drink to relax
I find it interesting every civilization has independently stumbled upon making beer, wine, or spirits at some point in time
I think that's cause everyone wants to relax sometimes haha. But really, though, I do think they did it to make sure they had something clean to drink.
That's an interesting theory that doesn't sound inaccurate. Nowadays Western culture often celebrate good news in groups by drinking a few