Not only does it make logical sense, this would allow people to finally be able to reduce invention levels for perks that have higher probabilities at lower levels, e.g. Flanking 3, Biting 2 combos, Tinker combos, etc.

The mechanics could be something like this:
Any glass/single dose of Beer/Ale reduces 1 invention level each
A keg of Beer reduces 5 invention level per keg

Given that beer and ales used to have interesting niche effects that are now obsoleted by pulse cores, this could be a nice QOL update to help people making perks. Especially since we don't know if the same logic will also apply to ancient invention (certain perks being rarer at higher levels) this would help mitigate that.