10 Fun Facts Worth Knowing About Beer

Hey Guys! Here are some fun facts all about beer that I have come across while writing posts for this blog: 

1) The ancient babylonians were the first to brew this legendary beverage

In fact, the ancient babylonians considered the brewing of beer such an important and vital task, that if a batch was brewed bellow their high standards, the brewer was punished to death by being drowned in the unacceptable batch. 

2) How you get drunk

After consuming beer, the alcohol is absorbed in your stomach and eventually carried through your entire bloodstream. This is why drinking on an empty stomach speeds up the process of getting drunk

3) Beer is mostly composed of the chemicals H2O, as you all know water

This doesn't sound like a particularly interesting fact, but did you know that in the middle ages clean water was very difficult to find, so many people chose to drink beer instead because the alcohol content made it safer to consume than water?? " Not all chemicals are bad! If we didn't have the chemicals hydrogen and oxygen we would not have water, and therefor no beer! Then where would we be? Very bored I guess."- A quote from my friend and frequent drinking parter, Gary.  

4) "Cenocillicaphobia"

This little known word actually means "the fear of an empty glass of beer." The term "double-fisting" resulted as a solution for those who posses this fear. Double-fisting, a term popularly used among college students, means to hold two beers at all times to ensure that when you finish one beer, you are able to immediately start drinking another beer.

5)  If you collect beer bottles your are a "labeorphilist."

Collecting various beer bottles is a common practice among college students. My friend Matt has been collecting since his freshman year and has accumulated and impressive collection. 

6)The first brewery in America was built in Hoboken, NJ in 1642.

Being from new Jersey myself, I find this fact extremely interesting, especially because the first micro-brew made in America at this brewery in New Jersey was my all time favorite beer, Yuengling!

7) Pilgrims on the Mayflower stopped at Plymouth Rock, rather than continuing to Virginia because they ran out of beer

My roommate Krista told me this random beer fact while in the middle of a power hour session last weekend, and we both agreed that we would have done the exact same thing if we had run out of beer. 

8) Store your beer upright

By storing our beer upright, it minimizes oxidation and contamination from the cap. Im sure all of my readers have experienced a beer or two exploding after opening one that has been stored on its side.

9) Beer is a great source of B- complex vitamins!

Who ever said beer was an unhealthy drink?! We all know that college students don't have the best dietary habits, and although I don't recommend an over consumption of this beverage, if you drink a few beers here and there you don't have to worry about your B vitamin intake!

10)A beer lover or enthusiast is called a "cerevisaphile"

I consider this fact, above all I have come across, to be the most appropriate for this blog, for obvious reasons.