World's largest producer and distributor of diamonds. Diamonds were first discovered in southern Africa in the mid 1860s on the de Beer farm. The urban centre that resulted is now known as Kimberley. Two diamond mines dug there (no longer in operation) were at one time the world's most productive. Cecil Rhodes bought a claim to the De Beers mine in 1871, and eventually bought claims to most of southern Africa's diamond mines. To keep prices high and demand steady, he formed the London Diamond Syndicate in the 1890s as a means of limiting the supply of diamonds reaching the market. Renamed the Central Selling Organization (CSO), it came to control nearly 80% of the world diamond trade by the late 1980s. Dwindling demand caused the CSO to be replaced by the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) in 2000. It was among the first companies in South Africa to sponsor drug treatments for its workers infected with HIV. De Beers also has interests in synthetic diamonds, minerals and ores, and in mining production and processing equipment. Through its large market share and its willingness to work with competitors, De Beers has continued to influence the price and availability of diamonds worldwide, prompting accusations that it has engaged in unfair trading practices. A controlling interest in the company is held by Anglo American PLC
A low-alcohol beverage brewed from malted barley and cereals (such as corn or rye) mixed with yeast (for fermentation) and flavored with hops Since about 90% of beer is water, the water used in very important to the taste of the beer
Is a barley and hop flavored alcoholic beverage Beer is made by fermenting a mixture of water, barley, hops and yeast The beer is then filtered, pasteurized, bottled and aged for a short period of time (2 to 9 months) Draft beer is not pasteurized Beer is light golden yellow to reddish to almost black Beer is produced worldwide There are many types of beers: ales, lagers, malt liqueurs, rice, stout, porter and draft, each one having a distinct and unique character Any type of beer can be used to make cool, refreshing summer drinks Beer is best enjoyed chilled and served in chilled glasses Back to index
A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and flavored with hops Middle English ber, from Old English bor, from West Germanic, probably from Latin bibere, to drink
Beer is a bitter alcoholic drink made from grain. He sat in the kitchen drinking beer We have quite a good range of beers. A glass of beer can be referred to as a beer. Would you like a beer?. Alcoholic beverage made usually from malted barley, flavoured with hops, and brewed by slow fermentation. Known from ancient times, beer was especially common in northern climates not conducive to grape cultivation for wine. It is produced by employing either a bottom-fermenting yeast, which falls to the bottom of the container when fermentation is completed, or a top-fermenting yeast, which rises to the surface. Lager beers (from lagern, "to store"), of German origin, are bottom-fermented and stored at a low temperature for several months; most are light in colour, with high carbonation, medium hop flavor, and alcohol content of 3-5% by volume. Top-fermented beers, popular in Britain, include ale, stout, and porter; they are characterized by a prominent head of released carbon dioxide, a sharper and more strongly hopped flavour than lagers, and an alcohol content of 4-6.5% by volume. See also malt. Beer Hall Putsch Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer Israel Beer Josaphat De Beers Consolidated Mines
Any alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of sugars obtained from grain Historically, beer implied the use of hops, as opposed to ale, which was unhopped Nowadays, nearly all beer contains hops, and the word ale has a different meaning (see ale)
A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and flavored with hops A fermented beverage brewed by traditional methods that is then de-alcoholized so that the finished product contains no more than 0 5 percent alcohol
A general term for all fermented malt beverages flavored with hops A low level (6 to 12 percent) alcohol solution derived from the fermentation of mash by microorganisms
An alcoholic beverage brewed from malted barley, water and hops Some legitimate recipes incorporate wheat The use of rice, corn or other grains or additives is a perversion designed strictly to appeal to the American mass market The American mass market doesn't know real beer from iced bog water