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Beer

Also called brew

Cooks use beer as an alcohol. It is made with water and yeast, can have a creamy texture and citrus, floral, and herbal aromas, and is sold in cans.

  • Contains alcohol

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Drinks
Texture
Creamy
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Belgium
Beer, prepared

Photo: Len Rizzi (photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use beer

Made from

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Citrus
  • Floral
  • Herbal

Texture

  • Creamy

Shopping

Choosing and storing beer

Sold as
Canned

Around the world

Where beer is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use beer. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list beer among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. About 3,000 BCE · Europe

    Germanic and Celtic tribes spread beer through Europe.

  2. 2,500 BCE · Syria

    Beer was produced in the city of Ebla.

On the table

Dishes made with beer

2 of the 4 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.
  • Wereszczaka

  • Meulemeester eggs

    Belgium

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include beer.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: beer in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Alcohol
Contains

Around the world

What beer is called

Names in 205 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    cerveza

  • French

    bière

  • Italian

    birra

  • Portuguese

    cerveja

  • German

    Bier · Gerstensaft

  • Dutch

    bier · gerstennat

  • Greek

    μπίρα · ζύθος · μπύρα

  • Turkish

    bira · arpa suyu

  • Russian

    пиво

  • Polish

    piwo

  • Arabic

    جعة · الجعة · البيرة · بيرة

  • Persian

    آبجو · آب جو

Show all 205 languages
  • Afrikaans

    bier

  • Albanian

    birra

  • Amharic

    ቢራ

  • Ancient Greek

    ζῦθος · βρῦτος

  • Angika

    यवसुरा

  • Aragonese

    biera

  • Aramaic

    ܦܙܐ‎

  • Armenian

    գարեջուր

  • Aromanian

    birâ

  • Assamese

    বিয়েৰ

  • Asturian

    cerveza

  • Atikamekw

    napier

  • Awadhi

    बियर

  • azb

    پیوه

  • Azerbaijani

    pivə

  • Bangla

    বিয়ার · মদ্যপ পানীয় · মদজাতীয় পানীয় · চোলাই

  • Bashkir

    һыра

  • Basque

    garagardo

  • Bavarian

    Bia

  • Belarusian

    піва

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    піва

  • Betawi

    bir

  • Bhojpuri

    बियर · बीयर

  • Bikol

    serbesa

  • Bosnian

    pivo

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    cerveja

  • Breton

    bier

  • Bulgarian

    бира · пиво

  • Buriat

    пивэ

  • Burmese

    ဘီယာ

  • Cantonese

    啤酒

  • Catalan

    cervesa · birra

  • cdo

    bì-ciū

  • Cebuano

    serbesa

  • Central Kurdish

    بیرە

  • Chechen

    йий

  • Cherokee

    ᎤᏬᎩᎵ · ᎠᏬᎩᎸᏍᎩ

  • Cheyenne

    héesevo'tamahpe

  • Chinese

    啤酒 · 麥仔酒

  • Church Slavic

    пиво · ⱂⰻⰲⱁ

  • Chuvash

    сăра

  • Colognian

    Bier

  • Cornish

    korev

  • Crimean Tatar

    bira

  • Croatian

    pivo · piva

  • Czech

    pivo

  • Danish

    øl

  • dty

    बियर

  • Egyptian Arabic

    بيره

  • Esperanto

    biero

  • Estonian

    õlu

  • Extremaduran

    cerveza

  • Faroese

    øl

  • Fiji Hindi

    beer

  • Fijian

    bia

  • Filipino

    serbesa

  • Finnish

    olut

  • Friulian

    bire

  • Galician

    cervexa

  • Gan Chinese

    啤酒

  • gcr

    labyè

  • Georgian

    ლუდი

  • Gothic

    𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌸

  • Guarani

    kaguyjúi

  • Gujarati

    બીયર

  • Haitian Creole

    byè

  • Hakka Chinese

    phî-lu

  • Hausa

    giya

  • Hebrew

    בירה

  • Hindi

    बियर

  • Hungarian

    sör

  • hyw

    գարեջուր

  • Iban

    Bia

  • Icelandic

    bjór

  • Ido

    biro

  • Indonesian

    bir

  • Interlingua

    bira

  • Interlingue

    bir

  • Irish

    beoir

  • isv (Cyrillic)

    пиво

  • isv (Latin)

    pivo

  • Japanese

    ビール · 麦酒 · ビヤ

  • Javanese

    bir

  • Kannada

    ಬಿಯರ್

  • Karachay-Balkar

    сыра

  • Kashubian

    piwò · bërsz

  • Kazakh

    сыра

  • Kazakh (Cyrillic)

    сыра

  • kbp

    pɩyɛɛrɩ

  • Kinyarwanda

    inzoga

  • Komi

    сур

  • Korean

    맥주

  • Korean (North Korea)

    맥주

  • Kurdish

    bîra

  • Kyrgyz

    сыра · пиво

  • Ladino

    bira

  • Lao

    ເບຍ

  • Latin

    cervesia · cervisia · cerevisia

  • Latvian

    alus

  • Ligurian

    bïra

  • Limburgish

    beer

  • Lingua Franca Nova

    bir

  • Literary Chinese

    啤酒

  • Lithuanian

    alus

  • Lojban

    birje

  • Lombard

    bira

  • Low German

    Beer

  • Low Saxon

    bier

  • Lower Sorbian

    piwo

  • Luba-Lulua

    maluvu

  • Luxembourgish

    Béier

  • Macedonian

    пиво

  • Maithili

    बियर

  • Malagasy

    labiera

  • Malay

    bir

  • Malayalam

    ബിയർ

  • Manx

    lhune

  • Māori

    pia

  • Marathi

    बियर

  • Mari

    сыра

  • Min Nan Chinese

    bì-luh · bē-á-chiú · be̍h-á-tsiú · bē-á-tsiú

  • Mongolian

    шар айраг

  • nah

    yoltexhuino

  • Navajo

    bizhééʼ hólóní

  • Nepali

    बियर

  • Northern Frisian

    Biir

  • Northern Sami

    vuola

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    øl

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    øl

  • nrm

    biéthe

  • Occitan

    bièrra

  • Odia

    ବିଅର

  • Old English

    bēor

  • Oromo

    faarso

  • Ossetic

    бæгæны

  • Palatine German

    Bier

  • Pashto

    بير

  • Picard

    biére

  • Piedmontese

    bira

  • Pontic

    Μπύρα

  • Punjabi

    ਬੀਅਰ

  • Quechua

    sirwisa

  • Romanian

    bere

  • Romansh

    biera · gervosa

  • Rusyn

    пиво

  • Samogitian

    alos

  • Sardinian

    birra

  • Saterland Frisian

    Bjoor

  • Scots

    beer

  • Scottish Gaelic

    leann

  • Serbian

    пиво

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    пиво

  • Serbian (Latin)

    pivo

  • Serbian (Latin)

    pivo

  • Shan

    ပီႇယႃႇ

  • Shona

    doro

  • Sicilian

    birra

  • Silesian

    bjyr · biyr · piwo

  • Simplified Chinese

    啤酒

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    啤酒

  • Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)

    啤酒

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    啤酒

  • Sindhi

    بيئر

  • Sinhala

    බියර්

  • Slovak

    pivo

  • Slovenian

    pivo · pir

  • Southern Sami

    voelege

  • Sundanese

    bir

  • Swahili

    bia · pombe

  • Swedish

    öl · bira · bärs

  • Swiss German

    Bier

  • Swiss High German

    Bier

  • Tajik

    оби ҷав

  • Tamil

    பியர் · பீர்

  • Tatar

    сыра

  • Telugu

    బీరు · కళ్ళు

  • Thai

    เบียร์

  • Tibetan

    སྦི་རག

  • Toki Pona

    telo nasa pan

  • Traditional Chinese

    啤酒

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    啤酒

  • Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)

    啤酒

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    啤酒 · 麥仔酒

  • Tsonga

    byala

  • Tumbuka

    phele · moŵa

  • Udmurt

    сур

  • Ukrainian

    пиво

  • Upper Sorbian

    piwo

  • Urdu

    بیئر

  • Uyghur

    پىۋا

  • Uzbek

    pivo

  • Venetian

    bira

  • Veps

    olud

  • Vietnamese

    bia

  • Volapük

    bir

  • Võro

    oluq

  • Walloon

    bire

  • Waray

    serbisa

  • Welsh

    cwrw

  • West Flemish

    bier

  • Western Frisian

    bier

  • Western Mari

    сыра

  • Western Panjabi

    بیر

  • Wu Chinese

    啤酒

  • Xhosa

    ubhiya

  • Yakut

    пиибэ

  • Yiddish

    ביר

  • Zaza

    bira

  • Zhuang

    laeujbizciuj

  • Zulu

    ubhiya · utshwala

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q44

Photos

Photo: Len Rizzi (photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons