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Pennsylvania beer distributor donates drinking water

More than 14,000 cans of drinking water have been donated to volunteer firefighters by Von’s United Beverage, a beer distributor in Pennsylvania. “Von’s United Beverage has a long tradition of supporting the local communities within our regional territory,” company officials said in a press release. The cans of water came from Anheuser-Busch’s brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, which periodically pauses beer production to can drinking water for first responders.

Bringing Mesopotamian beer back to life

Learn more about the history of beer, which will take you back to the cities of ancient Mesopotamia (c. 4000–330 B.C.) where beer was the beverage of choice. So what were their brews like? Built on a base of malted barley, it could include date syrup, emmer wheat and various roasted, toasted, or baked grain products. But they definitely don’t taste like today’s IPAs since they didn’t use hops and the texture was more like porridge.

Pineapple is popular

New School Beer notes a trend that pineapple might the hottest fruit ingredient in beer and cider this summer. Led by the rise of fruit beer in 2015 and the shift towards tropical flavors in the last three years, pineapple is the fastest growing in-demand flavor. Check out some of the tropical beers on their list that use the fruit to add some fun flavor.

Economists see a chance of a double-dip recession

Survey results from the National Association of Business Economists show we might not be on the direct road to recovery yet. Eighty percent of economists surveyed by NABE said they see a 1-in-4 chance of a double-dip recession.

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Pennsylvania beer distributor donates drinking water

Bringing Mesopotamian beer back to life

Pineapple is popular

Economists see a chance of a double-dip recession

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