Editing Beer (section)

=== Modern ===

In 1912, brown bottles began to be used by the [[Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company]] of [[Beer in Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], in the United States. This innovation has since been accepted worldwide as it prevents light rays from degrading the quality and stability of beer.<ref name="Schlitz">{{cite web |title=A chronological history |department=Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. |via=slahs.org |url=http://www.slahs.org/history/brewery/schlitz/history4.htm |access-date=16 March 2019 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020150826/http://www.slahs.org/history/brewery/schlitz/history4.htm |archive-date=20 October 2019 }}</ref> The brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers, ranging from [[brewpub]]s to [[regional brewery|regional breweries]].<ref name=market>{{cite report |title=Company list |department=Industry browser – consumer non-cyclical – beverages (alcoholic) |series=Finance |website=[[Yahoo!]] |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/p/bevalcmktd.html |access-date=5 November 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002045616/http://biz.yahoo.com/p/bevalcmktd.html |archive-date=2 October 2007}}</ref> As of 2006, more than {{convert|133|e9l|e9gal|abbr=off}} of beer are sold per year, producing global revenues of US$294.5 billion. In 2010, China's beer consumption hit {{convert|450|e9l|e9gal|abbr=off}}, or nearly twice that of the United States, but only 5 per cent sold were premium beers, compared with 50 per cent in France and Germany.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premium Chinese beer a bitter brew for foreign brands |date=3 November 2011 |department=Analysis |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-beer-china-idUSTRE7A20X520111103 |access-date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131217032328/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-beer-china-idUSTRE7A20X520111103 |archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> Beer is the most widely consumed of all alcoholic drinks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Volume of world beer production |website=European Beer Guide |url=http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/eustats.htm#production |access-date=17 October 2006}}</ref> A widely publicised study in 2018 suggested that sudden decreases in barley production due to extreme drought and heat could in the future cause substantial volatility in the availability and price of beer.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Xie |first1=Wei |last2=Xiong |first2=Wei |last3=Pan |first3=Jie |last4=Ali |first4=Tariq |last5=Cui |first5=Qi |last6=Guan |first6=Dabo |last7=Meng |first7=Jing |last8=Mueller |first8=Nathaniel D. |last9=Lin |first9=Erda |last10=Davis |first10=Steven J. |display-authors=5 |year=2018 |title=Decreases in global beer supply due to extreme drought and heat |journal=Nature Plants |volume=4 |issue=11 |pages=964–973 |pmid=30323183 |doi=10.1038/s41477-018-0263-1 |bibcode=2018AGUFMGC31E1301X |s2cid=53085959 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-018-0263-1 |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>