Apparently Lebanon only had one beer for a long time (it was advertised as being "best served at -2 degrees C.", so I can only imagine what kind of muck they'd brewed with to warrant that kind of tastebud-killing temperature). Then one plucky - yet totally unprepared - former journalist decided to come to the rescue and make his own...
[url:scdknsj0]http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/05/lebanons-unlikely-microbrewed-beers/57259/[/url:scdknsj0]
Lessons learned: always ask for an instruction booklet with diagrams when ordering brewery equipment.