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Beer is high in fiber. Beer has many vitamins(all the B vitamins), but alcohol interferes with absorption of some vitamins and destroys complex b vitamins and C vitamins. Taking C and E vitamins may help to prevent a hang or recover from one(I think the E helps the C in some way). Many beers filter out the vitamin B in brewing anyway. Some legislation was passed in Scotland to add extra B(thiamine) vitamins to Beer in order to combat the health problems caused by excessive alcohol consumption.

Miller Brewing brews all , or most, Pabst Brewing beers by contract.

Miller "was acquired by South African Breweries from Philip Morris (now Altria on May 30, 2002, to form SABMiller for $3.6 billion worth of stock and $2 billion in debt, with Philip Morris retaining a 36% share, with voting rights of 24.99%."

Altria is a scary large company, but SABMiller is a little less forboding. They are the second largest brewer in the world under....wait for it...InBev. Thought it was Annheiser-Busch? That's probably because you're American. A-B is merely third. InBev is considerably more global. Ironically, Budweiser is brewed by the Labatt(one of InBev's "local" brews) breweries in Canada. I don't know how much Budweiser Canadians drink...

"Altria Group, Inc. NYSE: MO (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.) is one of the world's largest food, beverage, and tobacco corporations and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average." The Altria group owns the Marlboro brand,Parliament, Virginia Slims, Kraft Foods,Kool-Aid, Boca Burger, Lenders Bagels, Maxwell House, Miracle Whip, Oscar Mayer meats, Post Cereals, Philadelphia cream cheese, Shake n Bake, Splenda, Vegemite, and others. Nice to know who you're buying your products from...