Brewing Industry
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Beer was primarily made from barley malt, which was mashed to produce a sugar extract known as ‘wort.’ The wort was boiled together with hops and then the mixture was cooled and combined with yeast to being fermentation, which creates the alcohol (The Engineer April 18 1862 233-234, The Engineer April 25 1862, 247-248).