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A new mishnah statesWhy has beer of idolaters been forbidden? Rami bar Chama said in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak: It is because of intermarriages (for people would go to parties at the houses of idolaters and eventually marry their daughters).
Rav Nachman said: It is because it might have been left uncovered. The Gemora explains that this concern only refers to a place where the water is allowed to settle until it clarifies.
We explore the The Talmudic discussion of gentile beer which presents a fascinating contrast to the treatment of wine, revealing different categories of rabbinic concern and different approaches to managing social and physical risks.
The fact that beer is discussed at all is notable, as Tosafos points out that no explicit prohibition of gentile beer appears in the Mishnah or early rabbinic sources, suggesting that this represents a later development in rabbinic law.