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Beer has been brewed in England for thousands of years. As a beer brewing country, it is known for top fermented cask beer (also called real ale) which finishes maturing in the cellar of the pub rather than at the brewery and is served with only natural carbonation. English beer styles include bitter, mild, brown ale and old ale.
The first tax on beer in the United Kingdom was the Saladin tithe, introduced in 1188 by Henry II to raise money for the crusades [6] 982 ha (2,430 acres) of hops were grown in 2014, [ 7 ] down from a peak of 31,161 ha (77,000 acres) in 1878. [ 7 ]
Old English: Beore 'beer'. In early forms of English and in the Scandinavian languages, the usual word for beer was the word whose Modern English form is ale. [1] The modern word beer comes into present-day English from Old English bēor, itself from Common Germanic, it is found throughout the West Germanic and North Germanic dialects (modern Dutch and German bier, Old Norse bjórr).
In England the bottled counterpart of basic bitter; in Scotland, "Light" is the lowest gravity draught beer (normally dark in colour). [4] Session or ordinary bitter Strength up to 4.1% abv. This is the most common strength of bitter sold in British pubs. It accounted for 16.9% of pub sales in 2003. [5] Best or special bitter
Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
This is a partial list of breweries in England. Beer in England pre-dates other alcoholic drinks produced in England , and has been brewed continuously since prehistoric times. [ 1 ] As a beer brewing country , England is known for its top fermented cask beer (also called real ale ) which finishes maturing in the cellar of the pub rather than ...
Beer is a seaside village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. [3] The village faces Lyme Bay and is a little over 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the town of Seaton . It is situated on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and its picturesque cliffs, including Beer Head , form part of the South West Coast Path .
The United Kingdom has historically been a beer consuming country [17] [18] however from the 1960's onwards wine has increased in prevalence of consumption. This increase in consumption has largely come from women, According to the Institute of Alcohol Studies, 7 out of 10 wine bottles bought in supermarkets are bought by women.