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Introduction

At the Café by Édouard Manet, circa 1879

Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks in the world, the most widely consumed, and the third most popular drink after water and tea. Beer is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The fermentation of the starch sugars in the wort produces ethanol and carbonation in the beer. Most modern beer is brewed with hops, which add bitterness and other flavours and act as a natural preservative and stabilising agent. Other flavouring agents, such as gruit, herbs, or fruits, may be included or used instead of hops. In commercial brewing, natural carbonation is often replaced with forced carbonation.

Some of the earliest writings refer to the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating it, and "The Hymn to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, a recipe for it.

Beer is distributed in bottles and cans and is also commonly available on draught, particularly in pubs and bars. The brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. The strength of modern beer is usually around 4% to 6% alcohol by volume (ABV).

Beer forms part of the culture of many nations and is associated with social traditions such as beer festivals, as well as activities like pub crawling, pub quizzes, and pub games. (Full article...)

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A mug of mint kvass and its ingredients

Kvass is a fermented cereal-based low-alcohol beverage of cloudy appearance and sweet-sour taste.

Kvass originates from northeastern Europe, where grain production was considered insufficient for beer to become a daily drink. The first written mention of kvass is found in Primary Chronicle, describing the celebration of Vladimir the Great's baptism in 996. In the traditional method, kvass is made from a mash obtained from rye bread or rye flour and malt soaked in hot water, fermented for about 12 hours with the help of sugar and bread yeast or baker's yeast at room temperature. In industrial methods, kvass is produced from wort concentrate combined with various grain mixtures. It is a popular drink in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, some parts of Finland, Sweden, and China. (Full article...)

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Samuel Adams (often shortened to Sam Adams) is the flagship brand of the Boston Beer Company. It is named after US Founding Father Samuel Adams, who inherited his father's brewery on Boston's King Street (modern day State Street) and worked as a brewer or maltster. Samuel Adams beer is brewed by the Boston Beer Company, which was founded by Jim Koch in Cambridge, MA, where he started the micro-brewery in his home. Koch comes from a long line of Cincinnati brewers, and Samuel Adams beer was started using a recipe now known as Samuel Adams Boston Lager. (Full article...)

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Peter Austin, (18 July 1921 – 1 January 2014) was a British brewer. He founded Ringwood Brewery and was a co-founder and first chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). He built some 140 new breweries in the UK and 16 other countries. (Full article...)

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The Yuengling brewing complex in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

D. G. Yuengling & Son, established in 1829, is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States. In 2018, by volume of sales, it was the largest craft brewery, sixth largest overall brewery and largest wholly American-owned brewery in the United States. Its headquarters are in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In 2015, Yuengling produced about 2.9 million barrels, operating two Pennsylvania facilities and a brewery in Tampa, Florida.

Yuengling is an Anglicized version of Jüngling, its founder's surname and the German term for a "young person” or “youngster”. The family-owned brewery has traditionally changed ownership through the purchase of the company by the children of the previous owner. The flagship product is Yuengling Traditional Lager, an amber lager. It is popular enough in Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley to be ordered in some bars by simply asking for a lager. From 1920 until 1985, Yuengling produced ice-cream. Yuengling Ice Cream returned to the market in 2014. (Full article...)

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Achel trappist beer (Belgium).

Achel trappist beer (Belgium).

Credit: Jérôme Sautret (Zubro)

Achel trappist beer (Belgium).

General images

The following are images from various beer- and brewing-related articles on Wikipedia.

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  Lauter tun (from Brewing)
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  A beer sommelier tapping a barrel for a taste at Nebraska Brewing Company (from Craft beer)
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  Bottling beer in a modern facility, 1945, Australia (from History of beer)
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  The Alulu beer receipt records a purchase of "best" beer from a brewer, c. 2050 BC from the Sumerian city of Umma in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq). (from Brewing)
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  Conditioning tanks at Anchor Brewing Company (from Brewing)
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  Rock mortars in Raqefet Cave, used to make beer during the Stone Age. (from History of beer)
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  World beer consumption per capita (from History of beer)
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  Steamworks Brewing, Vancouver (from Craft beer)
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  A replica of ancient Egyptian beer, brewed from emmer wheat by the Courage brewery in 1996 (from History of beer)
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  D. G. Yuengling & Son is the oldest operating brewing company in the US, established in 1829. It is also the largest craft brewer, and the 6th largest brewing company overall. (from Craft beer)
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  Smoked beer from the Schlenkerla brewpub in Bamberg, Germany (from Craft beer)
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  Malted barley before kilning or roasting (from Brewing)
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  Irish Craft Beer Festival, 2015 (from Craft beer)
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  Modern closed fermentation vessels (from Brewing)
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  A growler of beer from Flounder Brewing, a nanobrewery in New Jersey, US (from Craft beer)
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  A hydrometer measures beer's specific gravity (from History of beer)
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  Cask ales with gravity dispense at a beer festival (from Brewing)
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  A selection of French craft beers (from Craft beer)
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  Open vessels showing fermentation taking place (from Brewing)
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  Philistine pottery beer jug (from History of beer)
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  Alulu beer receipt recording a purchase of "best" beer from a brewer, c. 2050 BCE, from the Sumerian city of Umma in ancient Iraq. (from History of beer)
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  A 16th-century brewery (from History of beer)
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  Bergenhus microbrewery, Bergen, Norway (from Craft beer)
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  Hop cone grown in a hop field, Hallertau, Germany (from Brewing)
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  Pasteur Street Brewing, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (from Craft beer)
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  A funerary model of a bakery and brewery, from the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt, c. 2009–1998 BCE (from History of beer)
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  Craft brewing at Allagash in Portland, Maine (from Craft beer)
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  Traditional fermenting building (center) and modern fermenting building (left) in Pilsner Urquell Brewery (Czech Republic) (from History of beer)
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  Yeast ring used by Swedish homebrewers in the 19th century to preserve the yeast between brewing sessions. (from History of beer)
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  Mexican craft beer from Tequixquiac in Zumpango Region (from Craft beer)
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  Robohop, a session IPA from Cervisiam in Oslo, Norway (from Craft beer)
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  Spontaneous fermentation at Timmermans in Belgium (from Brewing)
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  A 16th-century brewery (from Brewing)
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  Brew kettles at Brasserie La Choulette in France (from Brewing)
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  Great Leap Brewing operates a chain of brewpubs in China (from Craft beer)
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  A can of Juicy Ass IPA from Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery in Barrie, Ontario, Canada (from Craft beer)
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  Bill Urquhart at Litchborough Brewery (from Craft beer)
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  A mash tun at the Bass Museum in Burton-upon-Trent (from Brewing)
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  A yard of ale at Jolly Brewery, Taiwan (from Craft beer)
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  Spent grain, a brewing by-product (from Brewing)
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  Zoigl beers from the communal brewhouses of Oberpfalz in Germany (from Craft beer)
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  Põhjala Brewery, Estonia (from Craft beer)
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  Gambrinus – king of beer (from History of beer)
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  Casks of real ale from British microbreweries at a beer festival (from Craft beer)
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  The Caledonian Brewery, founded in 1869, Edinburgh, Scotland (from History of beer)
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  Microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita (from Craft beer)
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  Castaña, a smoked beer with chestnuts from Cerex in Extremadura, Spain (from Craft beer)
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  Dogo Beer from Minakuchi-shuzō microbrewery in Matsuyama, Japan (from Craft beer)
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  Diatomaceous earth, used to create a filtration bed (from Brewing)

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“ Give me a woman who truly loves beer, and I will conquer the world. ” — Wilhelm_II_of_Germany

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