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Beer is the world's oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea, selling more than 133 billion litres (35 billion gallons) a year. It is produced through the fermentation of starch-based material, commonly barley, though cassava root in Africa, corn in Brazil, and agave in Mexico, among other starch sources, have been used.
Only beverages produced by this method are actually considered to be beer. Neither alcoholic beverages made from the fermentation of sugars derived from non-starch sources (e.g., grape juice or honey), nor beverages which are distilled after fermentation should be classified as such.
- January 28 — Miller Brewing has offered a US$ 10,000 reward for information regarding the January 26 murder of one of their executives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (WISN)
- January 25 — Scottish & Newcastle, the largest brewing company in the United Kingdom, has agreed to be split up and taken over by Heineken International and the Carlsberg Group in a deal worth ₤7.8 billion. (BBC News)
- January 15 — The rising price of hops (pictured) has caused some British Columbian microbreweries to reformulate their beer recipes. (CBC)
- January 13 — Sales information shows that ale sales in UK supermarkets grew by more than 6 per cent last year, while lager sales fell less than one per cent. (The Observer)
Cerveza Quilmes is an Argentine Brewery founded in 1888 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, by Otto Bemberg, a German immigrant. It sells a yearly total of around 17 million hL of beer. As of 2005, Quilmes has plants in Quilmes, Zárate, Tres Arroyos, Corrientes, Tucumán and Mendoza.
- BeerAdvocate
- Beer Hunter
- BeerInTheEvening - British Pub Guide
- Beermad
- Beer Mapping Project - Brewery, Brewpub, Bar and Store Guide
- Belgium Babble Belt
- Belgian Beer Board
- BJCP
- CAMRA
- European Pub Guide
- French Breweries
- French Beer 1
- French Beer 2
- PubCrawler - American Pub Guide
- Pump Clips
- Quaffale
- RateBeer
- White's Belgium Beer Travels
- Beer at the Open Directory Project
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