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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 and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and one of the most popular of all drinks. 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 (1750 BC) 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 games. (Full article...)

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The Pabst Brewing Company (/ˈpæpst/) is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and was, by 1889, named after Frederick Pabst. It outsources the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor. These include its own flagship Pabst Blue Ribbon, as well as brands from many defunct breweries.

Pabst is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. On March 16, 2021, it was announced that Blue Ribbon Partners, an investment platform led by American beer and beverage entrepreneur Eugene Kashper, owns 100% of Pabst Brewing Company. Blue Ribbon Partners is focused on beer and beverages in the US. Prior to current ownership, on November 13, 2014, Pabst announced that it had completed its sale to Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings, LLC, which was a partnership between Eugene Kashper and TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco–based private equity firm. Prior reports suggested the price agreed upon was around $700 million. (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, Massachusetts, 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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David Gottlieb Yuengling (March 2, 1808 – September 27, 1877) was an American businessman and brewer, the founder and first president of America's oldest brewery, D. G. Yuengling & Son. (Full article...)

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The Ore Dock Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan, that opened in May 2012. Named for a nearby local landmark, the brewery is known for being a "Marquette focal point and tourist destination," in the words of historian Russell Magnaghi. (Full article...)

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Achel trappist beer (Belgium).

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Achel trappist beer (Belgium).

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Image 1Yeast ring used by Swedish homebrewers in the 19th century to preserve the yeast between brewing sessions. (from History of beer)
Image 2A growler of beer from Flounder Brewing, a nanobrewery in New Jersey, US (from Craft beer)
Image 3Traditional fermenting building (center) and modern fermenting building (left) in Pilsner Urquell Brewery (Czech Republic) (from History of beer)
Image 4The Caledonian Brewery, founded in 1869, Edinburgh, Scotland (from History of beer)
Image 5The 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)
Image 6Rock mortars in Raqefet Cave, used to make beer during the Stone Age. (from History of beer)
Image 7Smoked beer from the Schlenkerla brewpub in Bamberg, Germany (from Craft beer)
Image 8Conditioning tanks at Anchor Brewing Company (from Brewing)
Image 9A yard of ale at Jolly Brewery, Taiwan (from Craft beer)
Image 10Philistine pottery beer jug (from History of beer)
Image 11World beer consumption per capita (from History of beer)
Image 12A mash tun at the Bass Museum in Burton-upon-Trent (from Brewing)
Image 13Bottling beer in a modern facility, 1945, Australia (from History of beer)
Image 14Põhjala Brewery, Estonia (from Craft beer)
Image 15A can of Juicy Ass IPA from Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery in Barrie, Ontario, Canada (from Craft beer)
Image 16A selection of French craft beers (from Craft beer)
Image 17Alulu 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)
Image 18Lauter tun (from Brewing)
Image 19Bergenhus microbrewery, Bergen, Norway (from Craft beer)
Image 20Mexican craft beer from Tequixquiac in Zumpango Region (from Craft beer)
Image 21Pasteur Street Brewing, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (from Craft beer)
Image 22Bill Urquhart at Litchborough Brewery (from Craft beer)
Image 23A 16th-century brewery (from Brewing)
Image 24Robohop, a session IPA from Cervisiam in Oslo, Norway (from Craft beer)
Image 25Craft brewing at Allagash in Portland, Maine (from Craft beer)
Image 26Hop cone grown in a hop field, Hallertau, Germany (from Brewing)
Image 27A hydrometer measures beer's specific gravity (from History of beer)
Image 28Dogo Beer from Minakuchi-shuzō microbrewery in Matsuyama, Japan (from Craft beer)
Image 29Diatomaceous earth, used to create a filtration bed (from Brewing)
Image 30Steamworks Brewing, Vancouver (from Craft beer)
Image 31Great Leap Brewing operates a chain of brewpubs in China (from Craft beer)
Image 32Spontaneous fermentation at Timmermans in Belgium (from Brewing)
Image 33Casks of real ale from British microbreweries at a beer festival (from Craft beer)
Image 34A beer sommelier tapping a barrel for a taste at Nebraska Brewing Company (from Craft beer)
Image 35Irish Craft Beer Festival, 2015 (from Craft beer)
Image 36Castaña, a smoked beer with chestnuts from Cerex in Extremadura, Spain (from Craft beer)
Image 37Malted barley before kilning or roasting (from Brewing)
Image 38Microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita (from Craft beer)
Image 39Open vessels showing fermentation taking place (from Brewing)
Image 40Zoigl beers from the communal brewhouses of Oberpfalz in Germany (from Craft beer)
Image 41Spent grain, a brewing by-product (from Brewing)
Image 42A 16th-century brewery (from History of beer)
Image 43A replica of ancient Egyptian beer, brewed from emmer wheat by the Courage brewery in 1996 (from History of beer)
Image 44Modern closed fermentation vessels (from Brewing)
Image 45D. 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. (from Craft beer)
Image 46Gambrinus – king of beer (from History of beer)
Image 47A funerary model of a bakery and brewery, from the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt, c. 2009–1998 BCE (from History of beer)
Image 48Brew kettles at Brasserie La Choulette in France (from Brewing)
Image 49Cask ales with gravity dispense at a beer festival (from Brewing)

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Water is drunk by the four legged beast; man prefers it with hops, malts, and yeast.

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