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Beer is an alcoholic beverage 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. 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.

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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Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC /ˈænhaɪzər ˈbʊʃ/, is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (AB InBev), now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple global brands, notably Budweiser, Michelob, Stella Artois, and Beck's.

The company employs over 19,000 people, operates 12 breweries and 9 aluminum can plants in the United States, and until December 2009, was one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, with ten theme parks through the company's family entertainment division Busch Entertainment Corporation. (Full article...)

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Rolling Rock is a 4.4% abv American lager launched in 1939 by the Latrobe Brewing Company. Although founded as a local beer in Western Pennsylvania, it was marketed aggressively and eventually became a national product. The brand was sold to Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis, Missouri, in mid-2006, which transferred brewing operations to New Jersey while continuing to label the new beer prominently with the name of Latrobe. (Full article...)

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Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela (b 1984) is a South African brewmaster. Nxusani-Mawela is the first person from South Africa to earn a National Diploma in clear fermented beverages. She is also the first black woman in South Africa to found a microbrewery. Her company, Brewsters Craft, introduces students to the science of beer making through training and provides professional breweries a service through beer quality testing. She helped organize International Women's Collaboration Brew Day (IWCBD) events in South Africa. (Full article...)

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Canal Street Brewing Co., LLC, doing business as Founders Brewing Company, is a brewery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, known for producing several highly rated and award-winning craft-style ales, including KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout), Centennial IPA, Dirty Bastard, and Founders Porter. Since its founding as a craft brewery in the mid-1990s, it has grown to become the 15th largest brewery in the United States, and a prominent member of the West Michigan brewing industry. It is now majority-owned by Mahou San Miguel of Spain. (Full article...)

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Orval Trappist beer (Belgium).

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Orval Trappist beer (Belgium).

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

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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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— Ben Franklin

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WikiProject Beer is an association of Wikipedians with an interest in beer and beer-related subjects. They have come together to coordinate the development of beer and brewery articles here on Wikipedia. Additionally, other groups have formed other projects that entertain subjects that are directly related to beer, bartending and pubs. Additionally, the mixed drinks project covers topics that include beer cocktails. If any of these subjects pique your interest, please feel free to visit their projects. These groups would love to have you participate!

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Wikiproject Bacon (inactive) WikiProject Bartending (inactive) WikiProject Beer WikiProject Breakfast (inactive) WikiProject Fishing and Fisheries WikiProject Spirits (semi-active) Wikiproject Wine (inactive)	Beverages task force Cheeses task force Coffee and Tea task force Desserts task force Foodservice task force Herbs and Spices task force Pub task force
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