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Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

Neatorama gives us 9 fun facts about beer today including where to find and taste THE OLDEST BEER RECIPE IN THE WORLD (yessssssssssssssssssssss x infinity + 1). Here is the list of interesting facts, but please visit the site for pictures and other links.

9. "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy," Ben Franklin (mah boyeee)

8. Utshwala is "beer" in Zulu.

7. St. Arnold is the patron saint of beer (there was a whole section on this dude in my Beer class).

6. In China you can get your tsingtao in a bag.

5. Hops. They think the Jews started using it in beer. Once again, thank you Jews, you are the best.

4. Sam Adams Utopias MMII is the worlds strongest beer at 24 percent abv.

3. The Mayflower landed because they ran out of beer. (The source they cite is The Straight Dope, a fantastic column by Cecil Adams).

2. Beer is not mentioned in the Bible.

1. Beer is at least 4,000 years old (and some speculate it is why people began to settle and farm the land). See what Anchor Steam is doing with the Sumerian recipe here. (Ps I want to taste this beer so badly it hurts)

posted by Bagel @ 8:16 AM