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Beef on weck
Beef on weck, also known as Kimmelweck, is a Western New York sandwich of thinly sliced roast beef with horseradish on a kummelweck roll, dipped in au jus.
Beef protein
Beef protein: protein from bovine muscle, also an FDA-notified food ingredient (GRN 313, Proteus Industries, 2010, no-questions letter) used as a water binding coating at up to 0.89%; PDCAAS 92.
Beef Stroganoff (Бефстроганов)
Beef Stroganoff (бефстроганов) is a Russian dish of beef in a sour cream sauce, named for the Stroganov family, first printed in Molokhovets's cookbook (1871 or 1861), modernized in 1912 with mushrooms, and spread worldwide after 1917.
Beef tongue
Beef tongue, also called cow tongue, is the tongue of a cow used as a cut of beef, featured in dishes like Mexican tacos de lengua and Japanese gyūtan.
Beef Wellington
Beef Wellington (boeuf en croûte) is a beef fillet coated in mushroom duxelles and wrapped in puff pastry, associated with the Duke of Wellington though the link is unproven; first printed references date to 1899, popularized by Julia Child in 1965.
Beefsteak
Beefsteak: a slice of beef, usually from the loin or hindquarter, cooked by broiling, grilling, or frying; compound of beef and steak, first recorded circa 1706–1711.
Beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage brewed from malted barley, hops, yeast, and water, and one of the oldest fermented drinks, with evidence reaching back thousands of years.
Beer and spirits journalism
Beer and spirits journalism is the branch of food media that reports on beer, whisky, spirits, and cocktails, with dedicated American drinks writers dating only from 1933.
Beer bottle
Beer bottle: the glass container for beer, historically sealed with William Painter's 1892 crown cap; brown glass limits lightstruck flavor, and LCA studies weigh bottles against cans and kegs on carbon footprint.
Beer culture
Beer culture is the set of customs, social spaces, and appreciation practices built around drinking beer, spanning Mesopotamian taverns, British pub rounds, German toasts, and the modern taproom.
Beer garden
Beer garden (Biergarten): outdoor drinking venue on wooden benches under trees, originating in Munich's 1539 brewing-ordinance cellar shade; largest is the 7,000-seat Hirschgarten; spread to the US via German immigrants.
Beer glassware
Beer glassware: the shaped vessels (nonic pint, pilsner, weizen, stange, tulip, Teku, goblet, stein) used to serve beer, managing foam head, aroma, carbonation, and temperature, with sensory research on curvature and lip thickness effects.
Beer in Africa
Beer in Africa spans commercial lager brewing by multinational brewers and traditional sorghum beers like umqombothi and chibuku, with 97% of Sub-Saharan beer volumes produced locally in 2025.
Beer in Australia
Beer in Australia: introduced via the HMS Endeavour in 1770, first brewed by James Squire from 1790, oldest brewery Cascade (1824). Now dominated by Lion/Kirin and Asahi (about 85% share) alongside 600+ independent craft brewers, with declining per-capita consumption.
Beer in Belgium
Beer in Belgium: national brewing culture spanning lambic, gueuze, Trappist, abbey, and saison styles, with almost 1,500 beer types, 395 breweries, about 70% of production exported, and UNESCO intangible heritage status since 2016.
Beer in Canada
Beer in Canada is a brewing industry and cultural tradition dating to the early 1600s in New France; it remains the top-selling alcoholic beverage, led by Molson and Labatt.
Beer in China
Beer in China is dominated by cheap pale lager in the world's largest beer market, led by Tsingtao since 1903, with production declining since 2014 as craft brewing grows.
Beer in England
Beer in England (English beer): a brewing tradition since Neolithic times, known for cask ale and styles like IPA, porter, and bitter; today 7.6 billion UK pints yearly, 80% from four foreign-owned brewers, with about 1,600 independents holding 7%.
Beer in Germany
Beer in Germany: lager-centered brewing tradition shaped by the 1516 Reinheitsgebot. Top EU producer (7.4 billion litres, 2025), over 1,500 breweries, ~7,000 brands, sales in long-term decline.
Beer in India
Beer in India: lager-dominated beer market rooted in British colonial brewing (Edward Dyer's Lion IPA, Shimla). Strong 8% lager is 80% of volume; Heineken, Carlsberg, and AB InBev hold over 75%; per capita consumption is about 2 liters.
Beer in Italy
Beer in Italy is the brewing culture of a historically wine-drinking country, where craft microbreweries have grown since 1996 and beer surpassed wine in popularity in 2010.
Beer in Japan
Beer in Japan is a Western import that became the country's dominant alcoholic drink, outselling sake in the world's fourth-largest beer market, led by Asahi, Kirin, Suntory, and Sapporo.
Beer in Mexico
Beer in Mexico covers the country's brewing industry and beer culture, built on pale adjunct lagers that made Mexico the world's leading beer exporter by value.
Beer in Poland
Beer in Poland is a major industry: Poland is the EU's third-largest beer producer, making over a tenth of EU beer, about 3.7 billion liters a year.
Beer in Russia and Ukraine
Beer in Russia and Ukraine covers brewing and drinking in both countries: Russian beer was legally a foodstuff until 2011, and Ukraine classifies it as alcohol above 0.5%.
Beer in South Korea
Beer in South Korea: a lager-dominated market founded on two 1933 Japanese colonial breweries, predecessors of Hite and OB, long a duopoly, now joined by Lotte's Kloud, imports, and a growing craft segment.
Beer in the United States
Beer in the United States, also known as beer in America, is produced across four eras, from colonial ales through German lager, Prohibition, and today's craft brewing.
Beer Judge Certification Program
The Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) is a nonprofit founded in 1985 by the AHA and HWBTA that certifies and ranks beer, mead, and cider judges through entrance, tasting, and written proficiency exams and experience points.
Beer measurement
Beer measurement is the set of standardized methods brewers use to quantify beer's color, strength, gravity, extract, and bitterness, using scales such as SRM, Plato, and IBU.
Beer pong
Beer pong, also called Beirut in the US Northeast, is a team drinking game: throw ping pong balls into ten cups per side on an 8-foot table; hit cups force drinking. Dartmouth paddle origins, 1980s throw version, WSOBP Las Vegas tournaments.