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Thomas Beer
Thomas Beer 1889-1940, American author, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, grad. Yale, 1911, and studied law at Columbia, 1911-13. He is best remembered for his biographies of Stephen Crane (1923) and Marcus (Mark) Hanna (1929) and his witty study of American manners in the 1890s, The Mauve Decade (1926). ... Read more
pasteurization
pasteurization , partial sterilization of liquids such as milk, orange juice, wine, and beer, as well as cheese, to destroy disease-causing and other undesirable organisms. The process is named for the French scientist Louis Pasteur , who discovered in the 1860s that undesired fermentation could be... Read more
Aba
Aba , city (1991 est. pop. 264,000), SE Nigeria. It is an important regional market, a road and rail hub, and a manufacturing center for cement, textiles, pharmaceuticals, processed palm oil, shoes, plastics, soap, and beer. Originally a small market town, Aba was developed by the British as an admi... Read more
Abeokuta
Abeokuta , city (1991 est. pop. 377,000), SW Nigeria. It is the trade center for an agricultural region producing rice, yams, cassava, cotton, fruit, vegetables, and palm products. Manufactures of the city include beer, cement, dyed textiles, and canned foods. There are granite quarries nearby that ... Read more
Cuneo
Cuneo , city (1991 pop. 55,794), capital of Cuneo prov., Piedmont, NW Italy, on the Stura River, near the Maritime Alps. It is an agricultural and light industrial center and a transportation junction. Manufactures include processed food, metals, beer, and plastics. Silkworms are raised. A possessio... Read more
isinglass
isinglass , gelatinous semitransparent substance obtained by cleaning and drying the air bladders of the sturgeon, cod, hake, and other fishes. Isinglass is manufactured in Russia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, the West Indies, and the Philippines. It is used in the clarification of ... Read more
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux , suburb SW of Paris (1990 pop. 46,734), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France. It is an industrial center where metals, aeronautical equipment, chemicals, cartridges, cigarettes, and beer are manufactured. The French terminal of the Paris-Brussels helicopter service and a Catho... Read more
Kristiansand
Kristiansand , city (1995 pop. 68,618), capital of Vest-Agder co., S Norway, a commercial and passenger port on the Skagerrak. Manufactures include ships, textiles, metal and wood products, canned fish, and beer. The city was founded (1641) by Christian IV and became an episcopal see in 1682. Its Ch... Read more
Latrobe
Latrobe industrial borough (1990 pop. 9,265), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., in the foothills of the Alleghenies; inc. 1854. Among its varied manufactures are foam rubber, asphalt, building materials, steel, and plastics, and Rolling Rock beer was brewed there from 1939 to 2006. Agricultural products in... Read more
maltose
maltose or malt sugar, crystalline disaccharide (see carbohydrate ). It has the same empirical formula (C 12 H 22 O 11 ) as sucrose and lactose but differs from both in structure (see isomer ). Maltose is produced from starch by hydrolysis in the presence of diastase, an enzyme present in m... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Beer,"

Beers and Brews
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...back in during the bottling process. BEER TYPES There are two major types of beers: top-fermenting and bottom-fermenting...achieved by roasting the malt; dark beer has a heavier and richer taste than lager beer. British beers are many and
Fermented Beverages other than Wine and Beer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...lambic , Gueuze , Wit beer, Trappist beer , and Berliner Weisse. Rye beer. Rye beers such as kalja and sahti in Finland...traditional Norwegian beer production. Rice beer. Another type of cereal beers is made from rice, and these have been...
Beers, Clifford
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology Clifford Beers 1876-1943 American reformer and founder...hygiene movement. Clifford Whittingham Beers was born in New Haven, Connecticut, studied...institutions over a three-year period, Beers found the treatment of mental patients inhumane...
beer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to c.3000 BC), beer was well known in...European, and American beers can differ markedly...hops (which provide beer with its bitter flavor...into alcohol. Modern beers, typically lighter...Most major American beers are lagers; many...hued lager. Bock beer, said to take its...
SIC 5181 Beer and Ale Distribution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...challenges inherent to the evolving beer-industry structure. Wholesalers...Organization and Structure Beer and ale wholesaling has always...independent distributors. The major beer companies have periodically...refrigerated railroad cars for shipping beers long distances. Adolph Coors...
Beer's law
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Beer's law [for August Beer], physical law stating that the quantity of light absorbed by a...through the solution ; the law is sometimes also referred to as the Beer-Lambert law or the Bouguer-Beer law. Beer's law is commonly...
Beer, Patricia
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Beer, Patricia (1924–99), poet, the daughter of a railway clerk...Brethren; she describes her background vividly in her autobiographical Mrs Beer's House (1968). The legends and landscapes of the West Country also form...
Beers, Ethel Lynn
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Beers, Ethel Lynn (1827–79), New York poet and author of fiction, was best known for her poem All Quiet Along the Potomac...
Beer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture BEER This entry includes four subentries:
Beer-lahai-roi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Beer-lahai-roi see Lahai-roi .

Dictionary entries related to "Beer,"

beer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition ...light‐coloured beer, relatively high in alcohol...heavily hopped. Bitter beers are darker and contain...mainland European type of beer, sometimes called Pilsner...weisse are strong sour beers made from barley or wheat...cherry flavoured. Lite beer is beer which has been...
Beer, Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Beer, Wilhelm ( b . Berlin, Germany, 4 January 1797; d...cultivated Jewish family (his brother was the poet Michael Beer; and his half-brother was the composer Jacob Meyer Beer, better known under the name of Meyerbeer), Beer was...
Beer Family
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Beer Family. Celebrated family working...Although there was a Georg Beer (1527–1600) working in Stuttgart in C16, the Beers came from the Bregenzerwald...eminence in C17 was Michael Beer ( c. 1605–66...
beer and skittles
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable beer and skittles amusement; from the proverbial saying (recorded from the mid 19th century), life isn't all beer and skittles . The game of skittles is taken as the type of light-hearted entertainment.
beer garden
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English beer gar·den • n. a garden, typically one attached to a bar or tavern, where beer is served.
Bantu beer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Bantu beer See beer .
Munich ‘beer-hall’ putsch
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Munich ‘beer-hall’ putsch (8 November 1923) An abortive rebellion by German NAZIS . In a beer-hall in Munich a meeting of right-wing politicians, who had gathered to denounce the WEIMAR REPUBLIC and to call for the...
Beer Barrel Polka
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Beer Barrel Polka ( ‘Roll out the barrel’ ). Tune composed by Jaromìr Vejvoda ( b 1902) and pubd...
Beer, Jan de
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Beer, Jan de. See Antwerp Mannerism .
Beer, Jakob Liebmann
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Beer, Jakob Liebmann. Real name of Giacomo Meyerbeer .

Thesaurus entries related to "Beer,"

beer
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus beer • noun  pizza and beer synonyms : ale, brew; informal brewski, suds, pint. See table. Beers abbey ale alt altbier barley wine Berliner Weisse Biere de Garde bitter bock brown ale celery chili cream ale diat pils doppelbock...
soft drink
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Alcoholic Beverages ambrosia atole batido birch beer bubble tea café au lait caf...fruit juice fruit punch ginger ale ginger beer grape soda green tea guarana horchata iced...x2122; pop refresco ristretto root beer Russian tea sarsaparilla seltzer 7-UP...
blubber
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus blubber 1 • noun  whale blubber synonyms : fat, fatty tissue; fatness, plumpness, bulk; beer belly, beer gut, paunch, flab.
brew
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus brew • verb   1. this beer is brewed in Oshkosh synonyms : ferment, make.   2...offing. • noun   1. a home brew synonyms : beer, ale.   2. a piping hot brew synonyms : drink, beverage...
paunch
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus paunch • noun  I love everything about him, even his cute little paunch synonyms : potbelly, beer belly, beer gut, spare tire, pot.
stomach
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...gut, middle; informal tummy, insides.   2. his fat stomach synonyms : paunch, potbelly, beer belly, girth; informal beer gut, pot, tummy, spare tire, breadbasket, middle-aged spread.   3. he had no stomach for...
ferment
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ferment • verb   1. beer/yeast mixtures fermenting synonyms : undergo fermentation, foam...effervesce, seethe, boil, rise, work.   2. ferment the beer/yeast mixture synonyms : subject to fermentation, cause to effervesce...
broach
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus broach • verb   1. I broached the matter with my parents synonyms : bring up, raise, introduce, talk about, mention, touch on, air.   2. he broached a barrel of beer synonyms : pierce, puncture, tap; open, uncork; informal crack open.
flab
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus flab • noun informal  daily walking has trimmed off my abdominal flab synonyms : fat, excessive weight, fatness, plumpness, lard; paunch, potbelly, beer belly.
tap
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...for our benefit synonyms : draw on, exploit, milk, mine, use, utilize, turn to account. phrase: on tap   1. beers on tap synonyms : on draft, from barrels, cask-conditioned.   2. informal trained staff are on tap synonyms...

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Beer and Its Drinkers: An Ancient Near Eastern Love Story
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...While it may not be the world's oldest profession, beer brewing has been around for a very long time.1...provides the earliest known chemical evidence for beer production,2 though beer was clearly brewed long before this. Some have even...
Selling beer style.
Magazine article from: Modern Brewery Age; 7/12/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...addition of a few unique beers, together with a beer list to explain them...miscellaneous types. Pale Beer Pale "lager" or "pilsner" beers have taken the world...aesthetic appeal to a golden beer of great clarity. These beers were viewed as the pinnacle...
BEERS TO YOU: ; Beer buying tips to help maximize enjoyment
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 1/11/2009; ; 700+ words ; The West Virginia beer consumer has seen an ever growing selection of craft and specialty beers in retailers' coolers, especially...its best and fastest work on warm beer. Dark beer or beers that are packaged with yeast in the...
Beer tending: beer cocktails give guests at Hospitality USA's pub concepts another way to enjoy their brew while boosting bar sales.(LIQUID MEASURE)(Company overview)
Magazine article from: Chain Leader; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...beverages (52 percent, beer; 48 percent, spirits...percent. BALANCING BEERS Hospitality USA...development of the beer cocktails, the company...combinations of two beers in the glass to keep...create a wider range of beer cocktails. "We'll be testing more beers, some blended with...
Microbrew Beers Grow in Popularity
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 10/23/1994; 700+ words ; ...ale, and steamed beer. Many pubs and restaurants...wide selection of beers. But it wasn't...pale, lager-style beer. Between the years...mass-produced beers like those made by...collection of domestic beers as did Europe.' MICHAEL JACKSON, Beer Writer: Before Prohibition...
Beers of spring go bock to basics
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/7/2003; 700+ words ; ...Oakland with other beer devotees, tasting a group of "spring" beers, selected by Pacific...Since the craft beer revolution began here...late 1970s, bock beers, or at least strong...Great name, a nice beer to sip with dinner. All spring beers tasted last week are...
BEER LANDSCAPE CHANGES; BREWER CALLS LAST YEAR'S CONSOLIDATION 'STUNNING'.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 1/2/2009; 700+ words ; ...an interesting time in the beer market, wouldn't you say...Ninety-five percent of the beer made in the United States is...movement? For years, craft beers were a largely ignored curiosity in American beer. When I started Sam Adams...
BEERS TO YOU: ; Authentic pilsners are the porch-sippers of summer
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 5/18/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...crispness of pilsner beer along with its refreshing...hit the spot. These beers are meant to restore...most popular pilsners beers in the world. The pilsner beer style has lived up...more on the craft of beer, see Rich Ireland's "Beers to You" blog at thegazz...
Beer's kind of town Chicago is
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/24/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...talented neighborhood beer swillers -- in a monumental brew pub with more beers on tap than anywhere in...born in the bottom of a beer mug, said Dennis Buettner...Buettner said. Several beers later, talk turned to...nominate their favorite beer buddies for induction...
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Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/19/2007; 700+ words ; ...flavorful and alcoholic. Beer makers often keep...to the vest. The beers typically contain...calendar helped shape beer into an extraordinary...the rise of seasonal beers comes from the Anglo...distributed holiday beers on the market. So...s traditions with beer that has a ...