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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, 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. Beer can cause health issues if consumed often or in excess; alcohol is an IARC group 1 carcinogen. (Full article...)

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Greene King is a British pub and brewing company founded in 1799, currently based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The company also owns brands including Hungry Horse and Farmhouse Inns, as well as other pubs, restaurants and hotels. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), until it was acquired by CK Assets in October 2019.

Its best known beers are Greene King IPA and Abbot Ale, the third and fifth highest selling cask ales in Britain. (Full article...)

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Gulden Draak (Dutch for Golden Dragon) is a dark Belgian beer with high alcohol by volume (10.5%), brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders. It is named after the golden dragon at the top of the belfry in Ghent. (Full article...)

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An de Ryck (also known as Ann de Ryck or Anne de Ryck) is a Belgian brewster and the first woman brewing engineer in Belgium in the modern age. She is the granddaughter of Gustaaf de Ryck, the founder of De Ryck Brewery [nl]. During her time as brewmaster at the firm, they have won best Belgian tripel at the 2008 and 2013 European Beer Star, and the bronze medal from the World Beer Cup, in both 2006 and 2008. (Full article...)

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Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. (pronounced [ˈpl̩zɛɲskiː ˈprazdroj a ˈɛs]; Pilsner Urquell Brewery) is a Czech brewery which opened in 1842 in Plzeň, Bohemia. It was the first brewery to produce a pale lager, branded as Pilsner Urquell, which became so popular and was so much copied that more than two-thirds of the beer produced in the world today is pale lager, sometimes named pils, pilsner and pilsener after Pilsner Urquell. The brewery name, Pilsner Urquell, which can be roughly translated into English as "the original source at Pilsen", was adopted as a trademark in 1898. Pilsner Urquell is the largest producer and exporter of beer in the Czech Republic.

The brewery was part of the SABMiller group of companies from 1999 to 2017. As part of agreements with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller in 2016, Pilsner Urquell was sold to Japan-based Asahi Breweries in 2017. (Full article...)

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

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

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