in #CASE you were curious about: BEER
April 7th is National Beer Day! How do most people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Drinking. Cinco De Mayo? Drinking. Purim? Oh yeah – drinking too. But unlike the spread of religion in Ireland, the celebration of Mexican culture, or the good news that Haman didn’t actually kill all the Jews, National Beer Day is actually a good reason to drink shamelessly.
There’s even a historical explanation. On this day in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt took the first step toward ending Prohibition: signing a law that allowed people to brew and sell beer. Today, beer is the third most sold beverage in the world- behind the ones you actually need to survive, water and tea, of course. So celebrate today by drinking your favorite beer, whether it’s lager, pale ale, or stout. Just – please – don’t be that guy who takes pride in crushing his empty can on his forehead- save that for the frat parties. See you at happy hour!
Humans have been brewing beer for 8,000 years ever since they began cultivating domesticated grains. So don’t worry – you can hop in your time machine and go enjoy a pint almost anywhere!
The most common variation of beer? American lager.
Want a patriotic drink? Some beer types that originated here in the states are American pale ale, Pennsylvania Porter, American IPA, steam beer, amber ale, cream ale and Cascadian dark ale.
The Prohibition of the early twentieth century forced most American breweries to shut down. There was, however, an increase in Speakeasies.
A majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a local brewery. Do you know where yours is?
Yuengling recently topped Sam Adams as the #1 craft beer.
The Puritans who first settled America were suspicious of water, which often had bacteria in it and made them sick. They therefore fed their babies beer.