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[[Image:Duvel beer.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Belgian bottled beer]]'''Beer''' is an [[alcoholic drink]] produced through [[fermentation]] of [[sugar]]s derived primarily from [[malt|malted grains]].  The primary [[grain]] used is usually malted [[barley]], although some styles of beer use malted [[wheat]] or [[oats]] as the primary grain.

[[Image:Duvel beer.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Belgian bottled beer]]'''Beer''' is an [[alcoholic drink]] produced through [[fermentation]] of [[sugar]]s derived primarily from [[malt|malted grains]].  The primary [[grain]] used is usually malted [[barley]], although some styles of beer use malted [[wheat]] or [[oats]] as the primary grain.

Beer is immensely wasteful of [[water]], using 7-10 gallons of water to produce merely one pint of beer.  Amid increasingly worse water shortages, beer is wasting 60-80 times as much water as contained in a glass of beer.

Beer is immensely wasteful of [[water]], using 7-10 gallons of water to produce merely one pint of beer.<ref name="W">https://learningtohomebrew.com/how-much-water-is-in-beer/#:~:text=Water%20is%20a%20brewer's%20best,gallons%20of%20water%20per%20pint.</ref> Amid increasingly worse water shortages, beer is wasting 60-80 times as much water as contained in a glass of beer. For all that, beer dehydrates rather than a healthy hydration, for those who drink it.<ref name="W"/>

The four major ingredients of beer are [[water]], [[malt]], hops and [[yeast]].  The particular combination, amount and variety of each of these ingredients determine the final flavor, alcoholic strength and style of the finished beer.

The four major ingredients of beer are [[water]], [[malt]], hops and [[yeast]].  The particular combination, amount and variety of each of these ingredients determine the final flavor, alcoholic strength and style of the finished beer.