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Beer (other)
Beer is an alcoholic drink. Beer may also refer to: Places * Beer, Devon, England, a coastal village * Beer, Somerset, England, a hamlet * Beer, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a union council * Beer, Togdheer, Somaliland, a village * Beer (lunar crater) * Beer (Martian crater) * List of minor biblical places#Beer, List of minor biblical places: Beer Arts and entertainment * Beer (Blackadder), "Beer" (''Blackadder''), an episode of the British sitcom ''Blackadder II'' * Beer (film), ''Beer'' (film), a 1985 film starring Loretta Swit and Rip Torn * Beer (song), "Beer" (song), a song by Reel Big Fish * Beer! (Psychostick song), "Beer!" (Psychostick song), a song by metal band Psychostick * ''Beer'', a 1999 novel by Chris Walter (author), Chris Walter Other uses * Beer (surname) * Beer (magazine), ''Beer'' (magazine), a publication from the Campaign for Real Ale * BEER (Boot Engineering Extension Record), a special data structure at the end of hard disks pointing to "hidden" part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beer
Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal grains—most commonly from malted barley, though wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. During the brewing process, fermentation of the starch sugars in the wort produces ethanol and carbonation in the resulting beer.Barth, Roger. ''The Chemistry of Beer: The Science in the Suds'', Wiley 2013: . Most modern beer is brewed with hops, which add bitterness and other flavours and act as a natural preservative and stabilizing agent. Other flavouring agents such as gruit, herbs, or fruits may be included or used instead of hops. In commercial brewing, the natural carbonation effect is often removed during processing and replaced with forced carbonation. Some of humanity's earliest known writings refer to the production and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
