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The Wonderful Words of Beer Draft 12

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μπίρα – is the Greek word for beer, pronounced [‘bi ra].  It is a borrowing of Italian birra, and also spelled, more popularly, μπύρα.  Although Greece has not been considered a beer country, there is evidence that beer was drunk even in antiquity, with finds pointing to the Bronze Age.  Modern industrial beer began in the mid-19th century, with a push from a king of German origin.

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