The people of the United Kingdom are perhaps the earliest sets of individuals who made drinking as part of their lives. The early records of history showed that utilisation of this drink had been present since the Bronse Age. Giving cognisance to these activities, it was only during the Roman Empire when a structure was built in honour of this historical tradition of the people of UK.

Back then, the tabernae was founded in the area. This is a venue for travellers to quench their thirst from a long trip. When the Romans have to leave the place, he Anglo-Saxons made their own way of recognising the popularity of the ale thus founding the so-called alehouses which sprung out of domestic residences. Traditionally, the indicator used by the ancients of the area was a green banner as if telling the entire community that the brew has been prepared and is ready to be tasted.

Alehouses were very important not as a place for typical fun and enjoyment but for the conduct of meetings amongst the locales of the area. It is actually utilised for arranging community activities that will help the entire society. In most of the meetings, gossips amongst alewives are also present. But on a more serious level, participants in the event would focus more on work than on play. Since the growth of alehouses became widespread, there was a need for then King Edgar to make a decree ordering that there be only one alehouse in a village.

English ale, obviously, was the main product for which alehouses were noted for. This produce comes from nothing more but fermented malt. In order to produce the drink we now know as beer, hops were added in the ale. This was an introduction which was patterned by UK from Netherlands during the early part of the 15^th century. Since then, alehouses were said to be responsible in producing beer until the emergence of breweries in the 17^th century. The beer was commercialised when breweries followed the same trend in the latter part of the period.

It was in the 18^th century when another drink was innovated in the market. This beverage is known as the gin. The introduction of the drink came from the Dutch after the so-called 1688 Glorious Revolution. Gin became widely known in the area because of the assistance given by the government to its production. Back then, the UK legislature prohibits importation of other beverages and liqueurs from other countries. This paved the way to a war between gin-shops and the superseded alehouses. Though there were efforts from the latter to regain its stand in the economy, the cheaper gin was favoured by the locales.

The effect of gin to the body was the reason for its downfall. Unlike the beer which contains lesser spirit in it, gin affects the working capabilities of a person. This led the government to give support to the creation of beer houses. During those periods, beer was regarded to have lower alcohol content thus making the drinker sober most of the time.

During the first year of having beer houses in UK, four hundred establishments of the said type were built. In as early as eight years of its existence though, the structures increased in number reaching up to as much as 46,000. Because of this incidence, there was a need to regulate the number of beer houses in the area. In order to obtain a license to operate, most beer houses which were closed applied for new permits to become public houses.