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New Israeli craft beers tell stories of war, recovery, and creativity

From light lagers to imperial stouts, Israel’s new craft beers offer unique flavors and stories in every sip.

The brewer of four Shomron beers says that brewing is what cured him from post-trauma after many years of active combat duty.
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From Korean beauty to pear beer: Launches that bring a little excitement to life

Pear Beer, Shapira Brewery

Israel’s tastiest news and everything new on the shelves

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Sip by the sea: a local’s guide to San Diego’s beachside breweries


Israel's best craft brewed beers for the summer

Here in Israel, our craft breweries have issued some new beers just in time for the summer days.

 Beers of summer

Once upon a Jerusalem winter's night - short story

The graffiti inside the tunnel is third-rate, the work of an angry teenager. The air hangs heavy with the stench of urine and stale weed.

 Rain falls along Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem on January 19.

Reviewing the barrel-aged beers from Israeli craft breweries

Since most of the beers chosen for maturing are high alcohol by volume anyway, the barrel aging makes them darker, even more flavorful and often more boozy.

 THE THREE beers aged for five months in barrels that once held Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky: Imperial Porter by Negev, Strong Scotch Ale by Malka, and American Barley Wine by Herzl.

Party like it's the Bronze Age: ancient beer straws found in Northern Caucasus

Ancient ornate tubes may have been used for communal beer drinking in a funerary rite.

 Reconstructed use of the drinking tubes from the Maikop kurgan.

New Gilo social pub looking to bring you home to cozy feel

Bottoms up!

 THE PUB in Gilo recently joined the growing roster of similar community-oriented leisure facilities around town.

Coca-Cola, Molson Coors to launch alcoholic drinks in US

Soft-drink makers, including Monster Beverage Corp and PepsiCo Inc, have been branching out to the alcohol space.

 Boxes of Coca-Cola are seen at a grocery store in Los Angeles, California US November 21, 2017

Russian researchers identify oldest surviving drinking straws - study

Originally discovered in 1897, the eight straws are more than 5,000 years old.

Enthroned King of Ur

What makes women drink more alcohol than men?

"If we want to help women, we can’t continue to use men-based models for medical research."

 Woman has a drink

Prehistoric Israelis enjoyed their booze some 7,000 years ago

Strainers found in two different sites in the region testify of beer production and consumption in the Chalcolithic period, possibly in connection with ceremonies and feasts.

 Silos at Tel Tsaf.

Four sour beers mark Shapiro Brewery’s 10th anniversary

Sour beers have been popular for centuries in parts of Belgium and northern France, but largely unknown elsewhere.

 A birthday cake for a decade! The writer (center) joins Itzik Shapiro (left), CEO of the brewery, and chief brewer Ory Sofer