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Beer is the world's oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage, 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, potato in Brazil, and agave in Mexico, among other starch sources, have been used.
Only beverages produced by this method are 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 Columbia 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)
Molson Coors Brewing Company was created by the merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Coors of the United States and Molson of Canada, on February 9, 2005. The Canadian subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company is a part-owner of Brewers Retail Inc., operator of Ontario's The Beer Store retail chain. According to the Molson Coors website, MCBC is the fifth-largest brewer by volume with 48.3 million hectolitres or 41.2 million barrels sold in 2005.
- WikiProject Beer aims to compile thorough and accurate information on different breweries and varieties of beer
- The beer cost index
- The Beer Review Journal
- Micro Matic Beer Education
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- The Belgian Beer Board
- RateBeer
- Beer Hunter
- Home Brewing Knowledgebase
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- Beer pump Clips
- Beer Making
- CAMRA
- Belgium Babble Belt
- European Pub Guide
- White's Belgium Beer Travels
- All French Breweries
- French Beer 1
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- British Pub Guide
- BeerInTheEvening - British Pub Guide
- PubCrawler - American Pub Guide
- The Beer Mapping Project - Brewery, Brewpub, Bar and Store Guide
- Beer at the Open Directory Project
- DrinkingBeer.net
- American Beer Drinking Club Beer News & Stories
