FIFTEEN FUN FACTS ABOUT BEER

  • Humans all over the world consume 50 billion gallons of beer each year. 
  • Budweiser is the world's most famous beer. 
  • Beer is one of the oldest beverages in the world, dating back to 5000BC!
  • The Czech Republic was the first country ever to have a beer museum. 
  • McDonald's sell beer on its menu in countries such as France, Germany, Portugal and South Korea. 
  • 'Snake Venom' is the strongest beer in the world with 67.5% alcohol by volume, brewed by Scottish brewery Brewmeister. 
  • Every year, Germany organises the biggest beer festival in the world, Oktoberfest. About 6 million people visit the festival. 
  • Beer pong was a game invented in the '50s.
  • Former President Barack Obama was the first president ever to brew a beer in the White House.
  • The brewers in Egypt were women. 
  • You can swim in a pool of beer at the Schloss Starkenberger brewery in Tarrentz, Austria. 
  • Beer is the third most-consumed drink in the world, after water and tea. 
  • You can chill a beer in two minutes, just put ice and salt in a bowl and stir. 
  • The earliest known building on the site of Downing Street was a brewery. 
  • Builders of the 'Great Pyramids' were paid in beer. 
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