Ska Brewing took shape in 1995 out of a love of brewing and drinking finely crafted beers , and listening and dancing to ska music. Beyond that, the correlation between ska and beer isn't exactly cut and dry -- besides the fact that it's difficult to get through many a ska CD without catching a few references to beer. And, of course, whenever we listen to ska, we're drinking beer. And then I guess there's those scooter rally pub tours, but we're not huge advocates of drunken scootering. Nonetheless, each has a fascinating history.
Although there is evidence dating beer back to the Sumerians nearly 5000 years ago, ska can only be traced to Jamaica in the late 1950's. The three of us, however, have a different theory: Traces of beer residue have been found in clay pots dating back almost 4000 years on the western Skattish island of Rhum. Coincidentally, Bill Graham's roots trace back to Rhum--2000 B.C.--stone etchings of some sort of neanderthal with a bagpipe device, drinking  pot, and checkered socks. It is here, within the lifetime of Bill Graham's great, to the fifth power, grandfather, that we believe the true roots of beer and ska lie. In 200 years, when people are skanking on the moon in their gravity bubbles tipping back the Ten Pin Porter, it'll all make sense.
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