giya tana daya daga cikin tsoffin abubuwan sha a duniya da mutane suka samar tun shekaru 5000 na BC.
Da farko matan da mata suka samar a Mesofotamia, kuma suka dauki aiki mai tsarki.
A cikin tsohuwar Misira, giya ana ɗauka mai mahimmanci abin sha kuma ana amfani dashi azaman kudin masu siye.
A cikin lokutan da suka faru, giya ta sha san shahararrun abin sha a Turai kuma ya zama babban tushen samun kudin shiga ga iyalai da yawa.
A karni na 16, an gabatar da tsayar da dokar tsarkakewar a Jamus wanda ke daidaita kayan da za a iya amfani da shi wajen sarrafa giya.
Guinness, ɗayan sanannen samfuran giya, an kafa shi a cikin 1759 ta hanyar Arthur Guiness a Dublin, Ireland.
A farkon karni na 19, an gabatar da fasahar firiji kuma an samar da samar da giya sosai.
A lokacin Haramcin haram a cikin jihohin,, samarwa da kuma amfani da giya ya zama doka, amma har yanzu ana samar da shi ba bisa doka ba kuma ana kiranta da wata.
A shekarar 1976, Jim Koch ya kafa kamfanin giya na Boston kuma ya fara samar da kayayyakin Samuel, wanda shine mafi shahararrun giya na giya a Amurka.
A halin yanzu, giya shahararren ya sha ne sosai a duk duniya kuma yana da bambance-bambancen da yawa, jere daga m dandano da yawa, tare da nau'ikan dandano da aromas daban-daban da aromas daban-daban.