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| Beer As Food |
| Chocolate Beer 3000 yrs.old |
| Recent studies say that beer, yes beer, can help protect you against osteoporosis, heart disease and strokes; also beer can be considered a source of energy. According to Dr. Lisa Dorfman, a Sports Nutritionist Instructor at the University of Miami (FLA) "Beer is sort of like a food drink because it's so filling. It's like bread because it's starchy and high in carbohydrates. Drinking 12 ounces of beer is the equivalent of eating two slices of bread, and the carbohydrates in beer, like those in bread, are used as an energy source for the brain, the blood and the muscles." Beer can be considered a "food drink" because of the ingredients in it. Water makes up around 90 percent of beer. Barley is another component. It is a basic cereal grain which is malted. Malted means that a grain is brought to its highest point of possible soluble starch content by allowing it to germinate. Hops, a main ingredient, come from the flowering hop vine Finally, there is the yeast. This is the most essential part of beer because the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol. These ingredients, according to Dorfman, can help protect you against osteoporosis and heart disease. Drinking a pint of beer can be substituted for a glass of milk. This is a boon for those who are lactose intolerant as they've found an alternative source of their milk vitamins as the ingredients in beer can help strengthen bones. Harry Potter's First Legal Beer Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will travel to Belgium to purchase Westvleteren beer. The beverage, brewed by Trappist monks at the Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren, has a two case per month restriction on purchases. A representative of the monks said, "Daniel appreciates fine wine and beer and is fascinated by Westvleteren. He wanted it to be the first alcoholic beverage he legally drank." The actor has reportedly agreed to purchase two cases of Westvleteren Blonde, Westvleteren 8 and Westvleteren 12, which can only be bought at the monastery gate. The monk added: "We are no brewers. We are monks. We brew beer to be able to afford being monks. But we treat everyone as equals. We do not overcharge or undercharge." |
| People in Central America were drinking beverages made from cacao before 1000 BC, hundreds of years earlier than once thought, a new study shows. These early beverages were probably alcoholic brews, or beers, made from the fermented pulp of the cacao fruit. Researchers believe that by brewing this primitive beer, or chicha, the ancient Mesoamericans may have stumbled on the secret to making chocolate- flavoured drinks. "In the course of beer brewing, you discover that if you ferment the seeds of the plant you get this chocolate taste," says John Henderson, a professor of anthropology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York."It may be that the roots of the modern chocolate industry can be traced back to beer! The cacao bean played an important role in the native civilisation in parts of Mexico and Central America The bean was a form of currency in Aztec society, and the frothed chocolate beer made from it was central to social and ritual life throughout the area.. In the 16th century, invading Europeans acquired a taste for the beverage and brought it back to Europe, which led to the rise of the modern chocolate industry. |
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Maize, not Hops- Maize growers in East Africa could see higher prices for the
commodity in the near future as Rwandan brewers will soonintroduce the crop as an
ingredient in beer production. Most brewers will be using maize in place of malt in
many of their brands in a bid to hedge off the impact of rising global prices for the
basic inputs of beer production. Global prices for grains such as malt, yeast and other
inputs have risen sharply leaving, brewers in the unenviable position of either
increasing consumer prices or limiting the impact on margins by attempting
substitution.
Sgt. Pepper - Legendary pop artist Sir Peter Blake, who designed the Beatles'
famed Sergeant Pepper album, has used his imagination to promote another
home-grown product of Liverpool, Cains beer. Blake has produced an exclusive label
for beer bottles containing the Liverpool brewers' Finest Lager. It's a limited edition
that features a Union Jack emblazoned with the city's name across it proclaiming
Liverpool and its ale as the Best of the British.
Cheeers for Colorado- A recent study by the Beer Institute of America
sowed that Colorado is the largest beer producing state in the US, brewing nearly 25
million gallons in 2007.
commodity in the near future as Rwandan brewers will soonintroduce the crop as an
ingredient in beer production. Most brewers will be using maize in place of malt in
many of their brands in a bid to hedge off the impact of rising global prices for the
basic inputs of beer production. Global prices for grains such as malt, yeast and other
inputs have risen sharply leaving, brewers in the unenviable position of either
increasing consumer prices or limiting the impact on margins by attempting
substitution.
Sgt. Pepper - Legendary pop artist Sir Peter Blake, who designed the Beatles'
famed Sergeant Pepper album, has used his imagination to promote another
home-grown product of Liverpool, Cains beer. Blake has produced an exclusive label
for beer bottles containing the Liverpool brewers' Finest Lager. It's a limited edition
that features a Union Jack emblazoned with the city's name across it proclaiming
Liverpool and its ale as the Best of the British.
Cheeers for Colorado- A recent study by the Beer Institute of America
sowed that Colorado is the largest beer producing state in the US, brewing nearly 25
million gallons in 2007.
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