BEER TRIVIA

• Benjamin Franklin said “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be Happy.”

• May 7th is National Home Brew Day

• Samuel Adams Beer was first introduced in Boston, over Patriot’s Day weekend 1985

• On December 31st, 1759 Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the brewery in Dublin, Ireland

• Pro Wrestler Andre the Giant holds the Guinness World record for most bottles of beer consumed in one sitting. He drank 119 12oz. bottles in 6 hours.

• The color of beer comes from the ingredient Barley. The color varies depending on how long it is heated and at what temperature

• After repealing Prohibition on December 5, 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said “I believe this would be a good time for a beer”

• A Microbrewery is a brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels of beer per year.

• The oldest brewery still operating in the U.S. is Yuengling, in Pottsville, PA. Established in 1829, it was originally named Eagle Brewery. During Prohibition, the company made ice cream.

• The lids on beer steins were originally created to protect against the plague in 14th century Europe.