Beer in Tanakh: Top Five Mentions of Beer in Books of the Bible

While wine is the preferred beverage in the Bible, a beverage that is often overlooked is beer (שכר). (For more on beer in the Bible, check out the episodes “Beer in the Bible” and “Women And Biblical Beer-Brewing” of The Jewish Drinking Show.)

Herein are the top five mentions of beer in books of the Bible:

1 – Isaiah
5.11
5.22
24.9
28.7 (3x)
29.9
56.12

2 – Numbers
6.3 (x2)
28.7

2 – Judges
13.4
13.7
13.14

2 – Proverbs
20.1
31.4
31.6

5 – Deuteronomy
14.26
29.5

Here are other mentions of beer in the Bible:
Psalms 69.13
Leviticus 10.9
I Shmuel 1.15
Micah 2.11

Here is a Sefaria sheet of all instances of beer in the Bible.