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| Beer is a source of B vitamins and minerals, such as potassium and magnesium, which are good for nerve production, help you concentrate, increase blood circulation and stimulate metabolism. |
| In the US, a barrel contains 31 gallons of beer compared to 36 in the UK. |
| The first beer cans were produced in 1935. |
| Historians have called beer the national drink of ancient Egypt. The pharoahs appointed a "royal chief beer inspector" to protect its quality. |
| In the mid 70's, Australians were the 3rd biggest beer drinkers in the world (behind Germany and Belgium). In the late 90's, they don't even get into the top ten! |
| Drinking a bottle of beer a day helps to reduce the chance of kidney stones by 40%. |
| 2 out of 3 foreign visitors prefer British pubs to their own local bars. |
| Until the middle of the 15th century the majority of brewing was done in the home. |
| About 4000 years ago, it was the accepted practice in Babylonia that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calender was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know to day as the "Honey moon". |
| Before invention of the thermometer, brewers used to check the temperature by dipping their thumb, to find whether appropriate for adding Yeast. Too hot, the yeast would die. This is where we get the phrase " The Rule of the Thumb". |
| In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender used to yell at themto mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. From where we get "mind your own P's and Q's". |
| After consuming a vibrant brew called Aul or Ale, the Vikings would go fearlessly to the battlefield, without their armour, or even their shirts. The "Berserk" means "bear shirt" in norse, and eventually to the meaning of wild battles. |
| Way down in 1740, the Admiral Veron of the British fleet decided to water down the navy's rum, which naturally, the sailors weren't pleased with. They nicknamed the Admiral Old Grog, after the still stiff grogram coats he used to wear. The term grog soon began to mean the watered down drink itself. When you are drunk on this this grog, you are "groggy", a word still in use. |
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