Love it or hate it, beer is a universal pastime. Its frothy
deliciousness has been with us for thousands of years, and although it's not
the greatest invention in the world, it's close....!
1. The world's largest beer mat was created by Carlsberg, in Denmark. It measured 15 metres in diameter and had a thickness of 6 cm. It's even too big for the world's largest glass of beer, which contained 1,499 litres of Guinness
2. The fear of an empty glass is called cenosillicaphobia
3. The most varieties of beer commercially available was 2,004, at a cafe in Belgium
4. Belgium also has the most individual beer brands (400)
5. The strongest commercially available beer is Schorschbock 43, which is brewed by Schorschbräu, a Germany brewer. It has an alcohol volume of 43%
6. The oldest known brewing facilities date to 5,500 years ago in the Middle East
7. In 1814, a tank containing 3,500 barrels of beer exploded, causing a tidal wave of beer. Nine people died
8. The oldest known written recipe is for beer
9. The first references to beer date back to 6,000 BC
10. St. Arnold is the patron saint of brewing
11. Vancouver Island has the most breweries per capita in Canada, with Victoria Breweries numbering the highest (6)
12. Pouring a perfect glass of Guinness should take 199.5 seconds
13. Collecting beer mats is called Tegestology
14. The world's smallest commercial brewery is the Bragdy Gwynant, in the UK. It has a maximum brewing capacity of 40.8 litres per batch
15. The largest beer barrel logo had a surface area of 838 square metres. It covered 5,237 empty 50-litre beer barrels from the Karlsberg Brewery
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