The first beer cans were produced in 1935.

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I can not vouch for these, but if any of them are true then I am going to be one healthy person :p

The Healthy Reasons to Drink Beer

Moderate beer drinkers are less likely to die from a heart attack.
Beer helps improve blood circulation
Beer is the least intoxicating among all alcoholic drinks
Beer makes you livelier.
Beer is easily digestible
Beer is fat free
Beer helps you sleep better
Beer is less fattening than milk

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The Nutritious Aspect of Beer Drinking

Beer contains calcium for strong bones and teeth.
Beer contains phosphourous to stimulate the body and appetite.
Beer contains potassium to relax and energize your body.
Beer contains thiamine, another energizer.
Beer contains riboflavin for healthy skin, good vision and resistance to infection and disease.
Beer contains niacin to develop healthy tissue.
Beer contains pantothenic acid to eliminate harmful cholesterol.
Beer contains choline to improve memory.
Beer is an essential source of B complex vitamins. Water contains no vitamins.

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Some Fun Beer Facts:

- There are over 200 styles of beer produced throughout the world.

- The growth of the specialty (craft or micro) beer segment has resulted in more breweries in the US than any other country in the world.

- A 12 oz. beer has fewer calories than two slices of bread and contains no fat.

- The average American annually consumes 47.3 gallons of soda, 26.5 gallons of coffee, and 23.1 gallons of beer.

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Where did these words come from?

- In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts, so in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would tell them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. That is where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's."

- After consuming a bucket or two of vibrant brew they called aul, or ale, the Vikings would head fearlessly into battle often without armor or even shirts. In fact, the term "berserk" means "bare shirt" in Norse, and eventually took on the meaning of their wild battles.

- In the Middle Ages, "nunchion" was the word for liquid lunches. It was a combination of the words "noon scheken", or noon drinking. In those days, a large chunk of bread was called lunch. So if you ate bread with your nunchion, you had what we today still call a luncheon.

--5525--

What is the difference between a lager and an ale?

The yeast is the main difference between the two. Ales, fermented at warmer temperatures, use an ale yeast that often yields a fruity aroma and flavor. Lagers, fermented at cooler temperatures, use lager yeast that create smooth, crisp, and clean-tasting beers.

At the 1893 Chicago Fair, Pabst beer won a blue ribbon, and was called 'Pabst Blue Ribbon" beer from then on.

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The oldest known code of laws is the Code of Hammurabi from ancient Babylonia, about 1750 B.C. It regulated the practices of drinking houses, and called for the death penalty for proprietors found guilty of watering down their beer.

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The ancient Babylonians were making more than a dozen different varieties of beer from various grains and honey in 4000 B.C.

--5528--

The Egyptians believed that the god of agriculture, Osiris, taught humans how to make beer.

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Historians report that during the Middle Ages, when monks were brewing their beer in their monasteries, each monk was allowed to drink 5 quarts of beer a day.

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In 1900 there were over 1,800 breweries in the U.S. In 1980 there were 44, and in 2001 there were close to 2,000.

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The largest brewery in the U.S. is the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, Missouri.

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GOLDEN, COLORADO (August 2000)--- An employee of Coors Brewing Co. flipped the wrong switch and sent 77,500 gallons of beer into a creek, killing thousands of fish and prompting health warnings. The beer, which was in fermenting tanks, washed through a wastewater-treatment plant before ending up in Clear Creek on Friday, said Coors spokeswoman Aimee St. Clair. The fish likely suffocated from the alcohol - among other things - produced in the tanks. "Somebody made a mistake," she said. Officials with the state Division of Wildlife could not give a precise number of fish killed but estimated it was thousands.

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[I've seen a few versions of this, here is a good one]

Drink for a Better Nation!

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole is maintained or even improved by the regular culling of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can operate only as fast as the slowest brain cells through which the electrical signals pass. Recent epidemiological studies have shown that while excessive intake of alcohol kills off brain cells, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.

Thus, regular consumption of beer helps eliminate the weaker cells, constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. The result of this in-depth study verifies and validates the causal link between all-weekend parties and job related performance. It also explains why, after a few short years of leaving a university and getting married, most professionals cannot keep up with the performance of the new graduates. Only those few that stick to the strict regimen of voracious alcoholic consumption can maintain the intellectual levels that they achieve during their college years.

So, this is a call to arms. As our country is losing its technological edge, we must not shudder in our homes. Get back into the bars. Quaff that pint. Your company and country need you to be at your peak, and you shouldn't deny yourself the career that you could have. Take life by the bottle and be all that you can be. Alert all of your friends, acquaintances and coworkers that may be in danger of losing their edge.

What more can we do??

Raise your mugs with me and drink!

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"Rule of Thumb"
Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger into the mix to assess the temperature before adding yeast. Too cold, and the yeast wouldn't grow. Too hot, and the yeast would die. This yields the phrase a "rule of thumb".

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"Wet your whistle?"
In England (long ago), whistles were baked into the handles of ceramic cups. When someone wanted a refill they would blow on their whistle to get service.

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BEER FACTS - Famous Moments in Beer

4300 BC Babylonian clay tablets from this time depict brewing and show detailed recipes for beer.

1600 BC An Egyptian text from this period contains 100 medical prescriptions that call for beer.

1200 AD Beer-making is firmly established as an important commercial enterprise in Germany, Austria and England.

1420 German brewers begin to make lager.

1516 Germany's "Reinheitsgebot" purity law takes effect (it states that the only ingredients permitted for brewing beer are water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops and water).

1602 Dr. Alexanders Nowell discovers that ale will keep longer if stored in glass bottles, sealed with corks.

1620 The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, bringing beer with them.

1623 The New World's first brewery is built in Manhattan.

1786 Molson, the oldest surviving brewery in the New World, is founded.

1788 Ale is proclaimed "the proper drink for Americans" at a huge parade in New York City.

1789 In the first year in which the U.S. Constitution is effective, James Madison proposes in Congress that a duty of 8-cents per barrel be levied on malt liquors in the hope "that this low rate will such an encouragement as to induce the manufacture of beer in every State in the Union."

1810 Oktoberfest is established in Munich as an official citywide celebration.

1842 The first clear, golden-hued lager is produced in the town of Pilsen in Bohemia. (The town was granted brewing rights by King Wenceslas in 1295.)

1850's The modern era of brewing in the U.S. begins to take shape as German immigrants bring a love of lager and the technological expertise to make it to their new land. By the late
1800's, aided by the development of commercial refrigeration, automatic bottling and pasteurization, the modern era of big brands is in full swing.

1860's The first federal excise tax on beer was imposed as a "temporary" measure to help the Union during the Civil War.

1876 Louis Pasteur publishes Studies on Fermentation-The Diseases of Beer, Their Causes, and Means of Preventing Them.
Source: Cheers - Knowing and Understanding Beer - June 1996

#5538~So, the other night, you were just doing research? ;)

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The "Beer Me" Diet

For the beer drinkers out there...... Happy dieting !!!

Your on the right track :D

8 Facts
FACT 1:
A lite beer has between 70 and 100 calories, is almost all water, and the part that isn't water is almost pure carbohydrates.

FACT 2:
The average diet recommends a daily caloric intake of 1,200 calories for women, 1,500 for men, if you want to lose the medically safe two to three pounds a week. On the "Beer-Me" diet, that equates to at least 12 beverages a day for women, and 15 for men. A measurable goal.

FACT 3:
The alcohol in beer is a diuretic, which causes the water to flush out almost immediately, leading to a consistent workout regimen including deep knee bends (getting out of the chair), fast walking (getting to the bathroom) and squats (as the case may be).

FACT 4:
Drinking beer actually helps you sleep-even when you aren't necessarily tired. All that added rest is certain to help any problems you may have experienced in sleep deprivation, counting calories on those other fad diets. In addition, you may experience the occasional "How did I get here?" when you wake up, which always makes for lively conversation, and possibly additional exercise if you have to sneak out and run home.

FACT 5:
The "Beer-Me" diet is good for your heart. After just one day of consuming your required 12-15 beers, you will certainly want to consume some aspirin, which is medically proven to help prevent heart attacks.

FACT 6:
On the "Beer-Me" diet you can eat anything you want. The only rule is that you cannot consume any food until you have consumed at least half of the day's required beers. This way the food will probably only stay in your body a short time, until you again exercise the deep knee bends, quick walk and, this time, the "lean-over-and-hurl" stomach crunches.

FACT 7:
Beer drinking is often done in bars, where other forms of exercise are common. Dancing, for example, is a good way to build up a thirst, as is chasing members of the opposite sex. If you really want to maximize your workout, try actually walking up to the bar, versus using a waitress. To take this to the extreme, you could even get up and get someone else a beer-perhaps someone who is newer to the diet plan than yourself.

FACT 8:
Beer is cheaper than Jenny Craig. Based on these facts, let's run through a given scenario for diet implementation.

CAUTION:
This is a weekend diet plan, and should be attempted during the work week by only the staunchest of dieters.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:
Eat junk food and basically be a slob.

FRIDAY:
Feeling "huge," swing by the liquor store and stock up. Go to favorite place of beer drinking and begin the consumption process (remember 12 for women, 15 for men).

SATURDAY (a.m.):
Wake up (as required) and lounge around all day, feeling slightly smaller after expunging any food that you may have accidentally consumed (particularly if it involved beef jerky from 7-11). Take aspirin. Notice that you have absolutely no interest in food, anyway.

SATURDAY (p.m.):
Restart cycle, noticing that your appetite has still not returned. Perhaps only meet half of your consumption goal due to an ongoing discussion with "the dog that bit you." This is a good thing, as only half-consumption means less than 1,000 calories for the day, and you still don't feel hungry.

SUNDAY (a.m.):
Wake up for mandatory sports day. This is a very convenient diet during football season, but it can be successfully implemented year-round. There is some major professional sport being played every day of the year except the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star game (fact-look it up). Consumption on this day should be paced to cover the entire day-you don't want to peak too soon. Again you notice a lack of appetite, and are feeling thinner all the time. Don't forget the aspirin.

MONDAY: Return to work, feeling thinner, well rested and surprisingly mellow. Mark your log book, and begin preparation for the upcoming weekend.

Happy dieting !!! :)

I could say that I am doing research right now... along with my Wicked friend Pete :D

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#5541~And, is there anything else you need to research? :D :) :p

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depends on what it is that is being researched :p

#5543~ Just curious ;)

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well, time to run... need to hit the sack early tonight....

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good progress in this thread today :)

est. achievement date as of this post: 2/3/25 3:04 PM

# 5546
 

MT- Consider yourself my official beer guru. :D

5446

#5448~Songwriter Randy Newman, the man who wrote the 1977 hit parody of bigotry "Short People," is 5 ft., 11 inches tall.

#5549

Do you sleep in a vat MT? ;)

#5450~The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, who patented it in 1846.

#5551
 

Nah, but I thought about it for a while :D

#5452~Singer-composer Barry Manilow (woohoo!) sang advertising jingles for McDonald's, Pepsi, Chevrolet, KFC, and others before making it big on the music scene.

5552

# 5554

Was Adolphe Sax in Pais by chance IKG? :)

5455 sorry ... lost count there for a second

5457

5458

am i back on track yet?

close... you're off by 101...

this should be #5558

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OK... I really need to get going :D

l8r