Until Israeli independence in 1948, little to no alcohol was produced or consumed in what is now Israel due to Islamic law. Nowadays, Israel is
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Craft beer in Turkey
List of craft beer places in Turkey. Localbier shows you craft beer breweries, bar, brewpubs, restaurants and shops in Turkey. Find craft beer in Turkey
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Top 10 Craft Beer Destinations in Istanbul & Brew Breakdown
The Turkish craft beer scene has been on the march for the last two or three years, and despite rising alcohol prices, 2016 was an
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Beers of the Arab World
Like the wheel, and the first cities in the world, beer is a key element of human civilization and is one such element in the
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The Saga of Buying Alcohol in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
The lifestyle of Saad Ragheb has not changed much since he moved from Germany to Saudi Arabia, where a rigid version of Sharia law is
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Serious Craft Beer In Jordan
The growth of craft beer in the Middle East has been understandably slow… After all, its largely Muslim community doesn’t drink alcohol. But now Jordan,
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Beer brewed in Jordan by CU grad and buoyed by Dead Sea salt takes the craft world by storm
Tarek Hbeichi, For the Camera Yazan Karadsheh, a University of Colorado graduate, is the founder of the Carakale Brewing Company, the first microbrewery in Jordan.
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Carakale Brewing Company
Carakale Brewery is a Jordanian microbrewery founded in 2010 in the town of Fuheis near Amman . It was founded by a Jordanian called Yazan
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Struggling to ferment a future
Taybeh Beer’s owner says the West Bank brewery was set up to boost the Palestinian economy and national pride For some, knocking back a few
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In an effort to shed Bahrain’s reputation as the “brothel of the Gulf,” the tiny kingdom’s parliament has backed a proposal to ban the sale
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Alcohol returns to Baghdad
A shop-owner brandishes a bottle of whisky in Baghdad, where drink stores have reopened Alcohol is openly for sale once more in Baghdad. All over
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Israel Is in the Middle of a Craft Beer Boom
Photo By https://www.facebook.com/Beer.Bazaar.Jerusalem During the day, Machane Yehuda in Jerusalem, Israel, is an open-air fruit and vegetable market. But at night, it transforms into one
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In Lebanon, craft brewers face a raft of challenges
For decades, beer in Lebanon has meant just one thing: the ubiquitous local pilsner, Almaza. But now a crop of local microbrews is making headway
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Dargett Craft Beer Brewery, Armenia’s First Craft Beer.
Armenia recently saw it´s first Craft Beer Brewery opening its doors in its capital Yerevan . With a big airy seating, good food, and an
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Tel Aviv Beer Tour
If you’re after Tel Aviv brewery tours, a Tel Aviv beer tour or a walking tour with a difference then you’re in luck. That’s because
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Beer buoyed by Dead Sea salt takes craft world by storm
The Dead Sea-rious gose-style, sour wheat ale has already proved a success in the United States. Photo: Bloomberg When you’re trying to open a brewery
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Is Dubai going hipster? Trendy craft beers mark new drinking trending in the ‘Manhattan of the Middle East’
At Dubai’s Black Tap restaurant, the Americana doesn’t stop at the hamburgers cooking on the grill or hip hop pumping from the speakers. It’s also
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Jordan’s craft brewery brings beer back to its birthplace
FUHAIS, Jordan — Yazan Karadsheh begins every tour of the sprawling warehouse that houses Carakale brewery with a little history lesson. Though the modern Middle
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A change of scene for Palestine’s Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest Palestine The West Bank village of Taybeh is unique in many ways: It was visited by Jesus, according to the Gospel of John, in
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