Brewing Beer

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BREWING BEER
People have been enjoying beer for centuries. Brewing beer started about 6000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia. Back then, people brewed beer and baked bread similarly. These days, beer brewing has become a science.
Brewing beer is a complex biochemical process, part of which is fermentation. Fermentation of sugars and grains into ethyl alcohol is among the oldest known chemical processes used by man. There are four major ingredients used in brewing beer; water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. Sugar for the fermentation process is provided by the breakdown of starch…