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Beer in World War I
World War I was the first great war on a global scale that lasted from July 28th, 1914 to November 11th, 1918. Alcohol served great importance in the war as it led to many outcomes of the distribution before, during and after the war. Beer stood as a morale booster, it was slightly weaker than other spirits. It was less taxed than other spirits and accessible on the front lines as a controversial beverage.

Beer caused issued of drunkenness, as requested many breweries watered down their beer to mass produce and to weaken in for less taxation and consumption of wheat and grain.

Recording of Beer competition and exchanges are seen in the World War I archives. One more popular event, the Christmas truce of 1914 records exchanging of beer between British and German soldiers as gifts.

Types of Beer in the War
Several types of beer were presented on the front line of the war as many companies helped produced and contributed to the soldiers. French breweries increased production to meet the soldier's demand. French Lager was known to be weak compared to the stronger British Dark Beer. The Belgians were known to have a more flavorsome beer.

Another popular process for creating a new form of beer, was soldiers mixing beer with wine or other spirits to make it stronger.

Temperance Movements
Many countries were against the consumption of beer and other spirits. Lloyd George, the prime minister of England, was solely against the use of alcohol, which led King George the V called for abolishment until the end of the war though it failed as none of the other nobles supported this. Drink advertisement was banned as well to limit ration

Boycotting beers from axis country like German beer was promoted to Allied populations. This led to decline of German beer sales, the favorite Anheuser Bush beer was affected critically. After the War, the consumption of beer was still high which led to the broad prohibition in 1920 in the United States. Eventually, towards the end of the war, the use of beer was reduced to 37 million gallons in 1918 compared to 1914 which was at 89 million