The site likely dates back to around 3,100 BC.
Dr Matthew Adams, one of the leaders of the Egyptian-American mission that made the discovery, said they believe the beer was used in royal burial rituals for Egypt's earliest kings.
Besides royal burial rituals beer was very popular in ancient Egypt, where people are believed to have began brewing it around the mid fourth century BC.
Archaeologists say beer was a staple of ancient Egyptians' diet regardless of their class or social status.
It was sometimes used for trading or as payment for the work force labor.
Workers at the Giza plateau received three daily servings of beer.
Among their many gods, ancient Egyptians worshipped Tenenit, the goddess of beer.
Her name name derives from tenemu - one of the Egyptian words for beer.
