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edit   The Drink Portal A drink, in this case a glass of port wine. Shortcut: P:Drink Drinks, or beverages, are liquids specifically prepared for human consumption. In addition to basic needs, beverages form part of the culture of human society. Despite the fact that most beverages, including juice, soft drinks, and carbonated drinks, have some form of water in them; water itself is often not classified as a beverage, and the word beverage has been recurrently defined as not referring to water. Essential to the survival of all organisms, water has historically been an important and life-sustaining drink to humans. Excluding fat, water composes approximately 70% of the human body by mass. It is a crucial component of metabolic processes and serves as a solvent for many bodily solutes. Health authorities have historically suggested at least eight glasses, eight fluid ounces each, of water per day (64 fluid ounces, or 1.89 litres), and the British Dietetic Association recommends 1.8 litres. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the average adult actually ingests 2.0 litres per day. Distilled (pure) water is rarely found in nature. Spring water, a natural resource from which much bottled water comes, is generally imbued with minerals. Tap water, delivered by domestic water systems in developed nations, refers to water piped to homes through a tap. All of these forms of water are commonly drunk, often purified through filtration. An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of an alcohol includes many other compounds. Alcoholic beverages, such as wine, beer, and liquor have been part of human culture and development for 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic beverages often signify drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as beer and wine but are made with less than .5 percent alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. More about Drink ... edit   Drink and Beverage WikiProjects WikiProject Food & Drink is an association of Wikipedians with an interest in culinary-related subjects. They have come together to co-ordinate the development of food and drink articles here on Wikipedia as well as the many subjects related to food such as foodservice, catering and restaurants. If you wish to learn more about these subject as well as get involved, please visit the Food & Drink Wikiproject page to see how you can help! Beyond the general culinary interests, several groups of Wikipedians have banded together for beverage-specific projects covering their favorite types of drinks. If any of these subjects pique your interest, please feel free to visit their projects. These groups would love you to have you participate! WikiProject Bartending WikiProject Beer Pubs Taskforce Beverages Task Force WikiProject Spirits WikiProject Wine Show New Selections edit   Selected article Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a top-fermenting brewers' yeast. This yeast ferments the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste. Most ales contain hops, which impart a bitter herbal flavour that helps to balance the sweetness of the malt and preserve the beer. The other major style of beer is lager, which is bottom-fermented. Ales are common in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, the eastern provinces of Canada and among craft beer consumers in the United States. The German word for "top-fermenting" is "obergärig"; the French equivalent is "Haute fermentation". Ale typically takes 3 to 4 weeks to make, although some varieties can take as long as 4 months. The Sumerians are credited with discovering beer in approximately 3000 BCE. They made ales in a shorter time than those made by modern techniques because they did not add any hops. Lagers take longer than ales to make and tend to be less sweet. More selected articles... Read more... edit   Selected person Joseph Schlitz b. May 15,1831 – d. May 7,1875 Joseph Schlitz was a German entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry. A native of Mainz, Germany, Schlitz emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. In 1856 he assumed management of the Krug Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1858 he married Krug's widow and changed the name of the company to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. He became more successful after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when he donated hundreds of barrels of beer as part of the relief effort. Many of Chicago's breweries that had burned were never to reopen; Schlitz established a distribution point there and acquired a large portion of the Chicago market. More selected biographies... Read more... edit   Selected ingredient Hops are the female flower cones, also known as strobiles, of the hop plant (Humulus lupulus). They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. The first documented use in beer is from the eleventh century. Hops are used extensively in brewing today for their many purported benefits, including balancing the sweetness of the malt with bitterness, contributing a variety of desirable flavors and aromas, and having an antibiotic effect that favors the activity of brewer's yeast over less desirable microorganisms. The hop plant is a vigorous climbing herbaceous perennial, usually grown up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden or hop yard when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers all around the world, with different types being used for particular styles of beer. More selected ingredients... Used in Beer Read more... edit   Drink news Drink news from Wikinews · Help write more articles! April 4: Genetically modified dairy cows produce 'human milk' May 27: Bottled water concerns health experts February 3: Wikinews Shorts: Feburary 3, 2010 January 9: Study suggests 48% of US soda fountain machines have coliform bacteria June 11: Venezuela bans Coke Zero over unspecified health problems edit   Selected quote “ I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer One bourbon, one scotch, one beer. ” — John Lee Hooker George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1977) More selected quotes... edit   Did you know... ...John (Johnnie) Walker, creator of Johnie Walker whiskey, was a grocer by trade? Other "Did you know" facts... Read more... edit   Selected picture Credit: Russell Lee, July, 1939 An illustration of racial segregation in the United States (Jim Crow laws) in a mid 20th century photograph showing a "Colored" drinking fountain in Oklahoma City with an African-American drinking. More selected pictures... Read more... edit   Things you can do Here are some tasks you can do: Cleanup: Chhaang Expand: Bappir Verify: Brem, Chicha Other: Help populate the Featured Pictures, People, Images, Recipes and ingredients sections edit   Categories The following entries are categories relating to drinks: [+] Beverages edit   Drink lists The following are lists relating to drinks: Alcoholic beverages Beers of the world Commercial brands of beer Commercial brands of cider Cocktails Coffee beverages Energy drinks Liqueurs National liquors U.S. state beverages edit   Topics related to Beverages The following are topics relating to drinks: General topics: Bartending  • Bottling • Refrigeration Alcoholic beverages: Beer • Brandy • Brewing • Cocktails • Distillation • Fermentation • Liqueur • Proof • Schnapps • Vodka • Whiskey • Wine Soft Drinks: Carbonation • Coffee • Cola • Juice • Root beer • Soda water • Steeping • Tea edit   Related portals Food Bacon Drink Wine Beer Health view edit   Related WikiProjects Parent project: WikiProject Food and Drink Child projects: Task forces: Wikiproject Bacon WikiProject Bartending WikiProject Beer WikiProject Spirits Wikiproject Wine Beverages task force Cheeses task force Coffee and Tea task force Desserts task force Foodservice task force Herbs and Spices task force Pub task force What are WikiProjects? view edit   Associated Wikimedia Drink on Wikinews     Drink on Wikiquote     Drink on Wikibooks     Drink on Wikisource     Drink on Wikicommons News Quotations Manuals & Texts Texts Images What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals Purge server cache