October 05, 2009

A brewery in a Muslim country.
posted by polychrome 15 years ago
  • Note that Palestine wasn't always predominantly Muslim - it was a peaceful mix of Muslim, Christian and Jewish. The village where the beer is brewed is mainly Christian, and they are even making a halal beer. Who knows, beer could even be the key to peace in the West Bank. Ironic...
  • It's interesting that the daughter is being primed to take over the business. Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country, and they have beer brewing as well as sarap, wine. Here's a list of Turkish wine terminology The wine is good. The beer is teh sucks. Worse than Coors/Hams/Bud Lite/Dixie
  • Thanks for a rare hopeful story from the Middle East. Now if the region's various gods would just allow their adherents to sit down and have a friendly beer together...
  • Nicely put, islander. Mideast beer summit!