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Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
Numerous beer styles have emerged in the United States since the beginnings of the craft beer movement in the 1970s, ranging from variations on traditional European styles to much more experimental ales and lagers. American craft beers frequently employ newer American hop varietals such as Cascade, Citra, Simcoe, Willamette, or Warrior. [70]
Manual beer pumps dispensing British beers from Fuller's Brewery. Beer in England is usually served at cellar temperature (between 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)), [citation needed] which is often controlled in a modern-day pub, although the temperature can naturally fluctuate with the seasons. Proponents of English beer say that it relies on ...
Thracians were also known to consume beer made from rye, even since the 5th century BC, as the ancient Greek logographer Hellanicus of Lesbos says. Their name for beer was brutos, or brytos. The Romans called their brew cerevisia, from the Celtic word for it. Beer was apparently enjoyed by some Roman legionaries.
Timeline of British Breweries; Brewer 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Adnams, Southwold: Adnams Whitbread, London Whitbread Interbrew: Flowers, Stratford: Flower & Sons " JW Green, Luton: JW Green (Brewmaster) " Cheltenham, Cheltenham: Cheltenham Cheltenham & Hereford Breweries: WCB" Tredegar, Tredegar: Tredegar
Tapping a barrel for a taste at Nebraska Brewing Company Barrel ageing of lambic beer at Cantillon Brewery in Anderlecht, Belgium Rodenbach, brewers of Flanders red ale in Roeselare, West Flanders. A barrel-aged beer is a beer that has been aged for a period of time in a wooden barrel. Typically, these barrels once housed bourbon, whisky, wine ...
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Hardcore IPA from BrewDog, the UK's largest craft brewer [1]. Beer in the United Kingdom has a long history, and has quite distinct traditions. Historically the main styles were top-fermented Bitters, Porters, Stouts and Milds, but after World War II lagers took over half the market by volume.