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Taboo to brew: Conservative Gulf gets it's first local beer

A staff member checks beer brewing equipment at Craft brewery in Abu Dhabi on May 7, 2024. [AFP]

Inside his Abu Dhabi gastro pub, Chad McGehee inspects shiny steel tanks fermenting a special brew: the first beer made in the conservative Arab Gulf, where alcohol has long been taboo.

The 42-year-old American is one of the founders of Craft pub in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the only licensed microbrewery in a region that is generally as dry as its desert climate.

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