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Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from barley malt, water, hops and yeast. In the Middle Ages, beer consumption increased after the monastery breweries brewed beer for everyone. Beer has become a popular drink. Beer is produced in breweries. Here the ground malt is mixed with water (mashing), this broth is then boiled down with hops (beating), the so-called wort is obtained. After cooling, this is mixed with yeast, which triggers a fermentation process that produces carbon dioxide and alcohol. After the subsequent maturation process of the young beer, the beer is ready to drink.The German Purity Law of 1516 still stipulates that only the above-mentioned ingredients may be used for brewing beer, in other countries additives are also used in production, such as sugar, rice or corn. Beer has an average alcohol content of 4.5% to 6%, but depending on the variety it can also be up to 11%, on the other hand there are also non-alcoholic beers.Known beers are cellar or lager beer, wheat beer, export, pilsner, strong beer, marzen, black beer and ale.