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Palestine come see what we re building taybeh brewery
Taybeh Brewery is a Palestinian brewery founded in 1994. The brewery is in the West Bank village of Taybeh, 35 kilometers north of Jerusalem. It produced its first beer in 1995 and has since developed a global following.
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- Palestine come see what we re building taybeh brewery
- Taybeh brewery
- Background
- Milestones
- Beers
- References
Taybeh brewery
Background
The Taybeh Brewery was co-founded in the mid-1990s, after the Oslo Accords were signed. It has been described as a pioneer microbrewery in the region, being that it predated the first Israeli microbrewery, The Dancing Camel, by about ten years.
As a college student in the 1980s, Nadim Khoury began making his own beer at the dorms where he lived. He subsequently took up formal studies in brewing at UC Davis in California.
Milestones
In 1997, Taybeh beer became the first Palestinian product to be franchised in Germany, where it was brewed and bottled for sale in Europe. Taybeh beer is also exported directly from Taybeh to Sweden.
In 2005, an annual Oktoberfest-style beer festival was launched. Dubbed the Taybeh Beer Festival, it opens in the beginning of October.
In 2008, an Australian named Lara van Raay produced a documentary called Palestine, Beer and Ocktoberfest Under Occupation, which focuses on the Taybeh Brewery and the Khoury family.
The Taybeh Brewing Company was highlighted in the January/February 2010 Issue of the fine beverage publication Mutineer Magazine.
Beers
There are five varieties of Taybeh Beer: Golden, Light, Amber, Dark, and White. In 2007, a new non-alcoholic beer variety was to be launched specifically for the local Palestinian Muslim market. The original brand was Taybeh Beer Golden. The Taybeh Beer Dark and Taybeh Beer Light were introduced for the 2000 celebrations in the Holy Land. The Dark variety follows a classic style of the way monks brewed beer in the Middle Ages in order to fortify themselves during their fasting.
In 2013 Taybeh White was developed. After a successful introductie via Facebook, this beer now is popular between many Palestinians. Aromatic in taste, brewed partly with local raw materials and a shady pale yellow Color.