Portal:Beer

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Introduction

At the Café by Édouard Manet, circa 1879

Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the grain to sugars, which dissolve in water to form wort. Fermentation of the wort by yeast produces ethanol and carbonation in the beer. 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. 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.

Beer is distributed in bottles and cans, and is commonly available on draught 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).

Some of the earliest writings mention the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating it, while "The Hymn to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, contains a recipe for it. 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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Draught beer fonts at the Delirium Café in Brussels

Draught beer, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also known as keg beer. (Full article...)

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Old Milwaukee is a brand of American dry lager owned by the Pabst Brewing Company. The brand currently consists of three different brews: Old Milwaukee Lager, Old Milwaukee Light, and Old Milwaukee Non-Alcoholic. Old Milwaukee is brewed throughout the United States and various packages are currently distributed in all 50 U.S. states, many Canadian provinces, and in select international markets. (Full article...)

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Drawing of Alderman Brain published in The Weekly Mail with his obituary article on 21 February 1903

Samuel Arthur Brain (4 May 1850 – 19 February 1902) was a brewery entrepreneur in Cardiff, Wales, founder of Brain's Brewery. He was also a JP and local councillor, becoming an alderman and Mayor of Cardiff. (Full article...)

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• ... that Fred G. Sullivan's film The Beer-Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking depicts Sullivan being humiliated with mud and whips for the failings of his previous film?
• ... that Ein Samiya, which provides the water for Taybeh, the first beer brewed in Palestine, was depopulated in 2023 after harassment by neighboring Israeli settlers?
• ... that Pope Pius IX gave the monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey permission to brew Saint Vincent Beer?
• ... that some online social and "Barstool conservatives" spent their Christmas holidays arguing about whether a beer promotional calendar was "demonic"?
• ... that brewer Sophie de Ronde is allergic to most beer?
• ... that Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager Phillip Eng brews his own beer?

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The Pearl Brewing Company (also known as the Pearl Brewery or just Pearl) was an American brewery established in 1883 in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. In 1985, Pearl's parent company purchased the Pabst Brewing Company and assumed the Pabst name.

In 1999, the Pabst Brewing Company began transferring its production to Miller Brewing on a contract basis and closed all of its own breweries. Pearl beer is still in production at Miller's Fort Worth, Texas, facility, but the Pearl Brewery in San Antonio was closed in 2001. Since then, the former brewery was purchased by Silver Ventures Inc, which has used the property as part of the revitalization efforts of southern Midtown and northern downtown San Antonio. (Full article...)

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Beers in the German shop REWE.

Beers in the German shop REWE.

Credit: Ralf Roletschek (Marcela)

Beers in the German shop REWE.

General images

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

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  Craft brewing at Allagash in Portland, Maine (from Craft beer)
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  Cask ales with gravity dispense at a beer festival (from Brewing)
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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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  Conditioning tanks at Anchor Brewing Company (from Brewing)
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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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  Casks of real ale from British microbreweries at a beer festival (from Craft beer)
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  A hydrometer measures beer's specific gravity (from History of 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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  A growler of beer from Flounder Brewing, a nanobrewery in New Jersey, US (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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  A yard of ale at Jolly Brewery, Taiwan (from Craft beer)
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  Irish Craft Beer Festival, 2015 (from Craft beer)
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  Steamworks Brewing, Vancouver (from Craft beer)
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  A mash tun at the Bass Museum in Burton-upon-Trent (from Brewing)
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  The Caledonian Brewery, founded in 1869, Edinburgh, Scotland (from History of beer)
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  A 16th-century brewery (from Brewing)
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  Diatomaceous earth, used to create a filtration bed (from Brewing)
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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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  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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  Gambrinus – king of beer (from History of beer)
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  Spent grain, a brewing by-product (from Brewing)
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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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  A selection of French craft beers (from Craft beer)
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  A beer sommelier tapping a barrel for a taste at Nebraska Brewing Company (from Craft beer)
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  Malted barley before kilning or roasting (from Brewing)
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  Microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita (from Craft beer)
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  Open vessels showing fermentation taking place (from Brewing)
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  Spontaneous fermentation at Timmermans in Belgium (from Brewing)
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  World beer consumption per capita (from History of beer)
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  Pasteur Street Brewing, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (from Craft beer)
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  Bill Urquhart at Litchborough Brewery (from Craft beer)
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  Lauter tun (from Brewing)
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  Bottling beer in a modern facility, 1945, Australia (from History of beer)
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  Zoigl beers from the communal brewhouses of Oberpfalz in Germany (from Craft beer)
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  Philistine pottery beer jug (from History of beer)
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  Robohop, a session IPA from Cervisiam in Oslo, Norway (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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  A 16th-century brewery (from History of beer)
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  Mexican craft beer from Tequixquiac in Zumpango Region (from Craft beer)
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  Smoked beer from the Schlenkerla brewpub in Bamberg, Germany (from Craft beer)
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  Dogo Beer from Minakuchi-shuzō microbrewery in Matsuyama, Japan (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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  Great Leap Brewing operates a chain of brewpubs in China (from Craft beer)
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  Modern closed fermentation vessels (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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  Hop cone grown in a hop field, Hallertau, Germany (from Brewing)
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  Bergenhus microbrewery, Bergen, Norway (from Craft beer)
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  Põhjala Brewery, Estonia (from Craft beer)
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  Brew kettles at Brasserie La Choulette in France (from Brewing)

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“ Beer, if drunk with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health ” — Thomas Jefferson

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• List of World Beer Cup awards

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