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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

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Fermented Beverages other than Wine and Beer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture FERMENTED BEVERAGES OTHER THAN WINE AND BEER FERMENTED BEVERAGES OTHER THAN WINE AND BEER. Fermented beverages have been produced and...containing amylases, or by molds. Narrowly defined, beer is barley beer and wine is grape wine. Detailed...
beer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition beer alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermenting...archaeological evidence dating to c.3000 BC), beer was well known in ancient Egypt, where it...it is boiled with the hops (which provide beer with its bitter flavor), then run off for...
SIC 5181 Beer and Ale Distribution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of beer, ale, porter, and other fermented malt beverages. NAICS Code(s) 422810 (Beer and Ale Wholesalers) Industry and Snapshot Beer and ale wholesale distribution constituted a...
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...
Beer, Thomas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Beer, Thomas (1889–1940), born in Iowa, graduated from Yale (1911), and devoted himself to writing following his...
Beer-lahai-roi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Beer-lahai-roi see Lahai-roi .
Beer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture BEER This entry includes four subentries:
Thomas Beer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Thomas Beer 1889-1940, American author, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, grad. Yale, 1911, and studied law at Columbia, 1911-13. He is...
George Louis Beer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition George Louis Beer 1872-1920, American historian, b. Staten Island, N.Y. He was a tobacco importer for 10 years but also lectured on European...

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beer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition beer Alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation...pint). Ale is a light‐coloured beer, relatively high in alcohol content, and...first brewed in London in 1722, as a low cost beer for market porters. Lager is the traditional...
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 mostly...speaking lands. Although there was a Georg Beer (1527–1600) working in Stuttgart...family to come to eminence in C17 was Michael Beer ( c. 1605–66), who worked at...
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.
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 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 .
Beer, Jakob Liebmann
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Beer, Jakob Liebmann. Real name of Giacomo Meyerbeer .
Beer, Jan de
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Beer, Jan de. See Antwerp Mannerism .
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...

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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
generic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English generic • adjective   1. the generic name for beer, wines, and liquors is "alcohol" synonyms : nonspecific, general, common, collective, inclusive, all-inclusive, all...
wine
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Valpolicella Vendange Verdelho Verdicchio Vermouth Vernaccia vin de pays vin de table vin ordinaire vinho verde vino Vino Nobile vintage Vintage Port Viognier Vouvray White Zinfandel Zinfandel See also tables at beer, cocktail, and liquor.
stale
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...fresh.   2. stale air synonyms : stuffy, close, musty, fusty, stagnant. antonym: fresh.   3. stale beer synonyms : flat, turned, spoiled, off, insipid, tasteless.   4. stale jokes synonyms : hackneyed, tired, worn...

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Beer in transition: beer's slump may be reversed with savvy image marketing and innovative products.
Magazine article from: Cheers; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; There has been a big beer story this year, and a big beer trend for next year, but it's not one that the industry...foremost in your mind. They'd rather you were thinking about beer's steadfast sales, beer's huge volume, beer's reliable...
BEER HOPS TO NEW HEIGHTS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/9/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-09-1992 BEER HOPS TO NEW HEIGHTS By TOM TOPOUSIS, Record...Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early Hey, beer lovers, this blond double bock is for...sauce, try a nice French country ale. Beer isn't just for Joe Sixpack anymore...
Real Beer, Inc., and WorldBeerTour.com Announce Merger, Plans to Dominate the World-wide Internet Beer Market.
Business Wire; 4/28/2000; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2000 Real Beer, Inc. (www.realbeer.com), of San...global leader in all things related to beer on the Internet, and WorldBeerTour.com...Washington, the largest Internet-based beer club, today announced plans to merge operations...
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...
Beer study brews tax concerns.
Newspaper article from: Bulletin (Bend, OR); 5/1/2007; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Anna Sowa May 1--Oregon's beer industry supports thousand of jobs and...to the debate on the state's proposed beer-tax increase. Three bills are currently...the industry. In Central Oregon, the beer industry provides for 5,029 jobs, directly...
COLUMN: Beer brings us all together
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/27/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Stillwater enjoys in large amounts -- beer. Yes, this column is devoted to my drink...to be more informed of the many reasons beer is one of the greatest inventions ever...proceed. First of all, the very process of beer brewing makes it a very safe drink. Safe...
Beer drinkers learning to leave the Bud behind
Newspaper article from: Press of Atlantic City; 4/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; It's tough being a beer drinker. Fans of the stouts and the lagers...industry sales figures are any indication, beer drinkers are slowly climbing the social...than three percent in 2006, while craft beer sales rose by more than 12 percent. These...
BEER LANDSCAPE CHANGES; BREWER CALLS LAST YEAR'S CONSOLIDATION 'STUNNING'.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 1/2/2009; 700+ words ; ...sixth-generation brewer, started Boston Beer Co. in 1984 with an old family recipe...InBev, creating the world's largest beer maker (now called Anheuser-Busch InBev...MillerCoors. With less than 1 percent of beer sales in the United States, Boston Beer...
Beer festivals offer range of sumptuous suds Organizers say the emphasis is on sampling, not simply chugging
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/20/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...festival that drew, perhaps, 200 ambitious beer tasters. This year, the 11th annual...people to be served by 85 brewers. The beer festival, considered among the finest in the country by several national beer publications, is just one of many beer...
Beer rivals battle for market, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 5/24/1999; 700+ words ; ...BOON Rawd Brewery Co Ltd, the producer of leading local beer Singha Beer, has adjusted its product strategy by opening a new round of competition against major rival Chang Beer in the low-end beer market. Meanwhile, Boon Rawd...