Started in 2007 by a California man Jesse Avshalomov and his colleagues the idea was to designate a day where people around the US and eventually, the world — could celebrate the popular alcoholic beverage.
Since then, people everywhere from Turkey to Australia have observed it.
Here are a few interesting facts about beer.
Steve Crossland of the Loch Ness Brewery… Fact 1: Brewing has been going on for about 5000 years
Brewmeister co-founder John Mckenzie with the ballot beers … Fact 2: Guinness once estimated that about 93,000 liters of beer gets lost in the beards of Englishmen each year.
A selection of Aberdeenshire BrewDog beers… Fact 3: China and the U.S. are the top beer-producing countries.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage receives a Whitstable Bay beer… Fact 4: Legend has it that about 0.7 percent of the world’s population is drunk at any given time.
Organisers of the Banchory Beer Festival Mungo and Guy Finlayson have announced an Inverurie Beer Festival as a second summer event for Aberdeenshire. Fact 5: A Beer Wave of 388,000 Gallons (or 1.4m L) flooded London in 1814 after a vat ruptured
Fact 6: The fear of having an empty beer glass is called cenosillicaphobia.
Chancellor George Osborne enjoying a pint. Fact 7: Egyptian Pyramid workers (slaves) were paid with beer: 1 gallon (4L) per day
Fact 8: Beer and cannabis are cousins. Beer’s hops are in the same family of flowering plants as marijuana.
Danny Alexander at the Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore: Fact 9: In the Middle Ages beer was consumed more than water as the alcohol made it safer.
BrewDog production line. Fact 10: The world’s longest hangover lasted 4 weeks after a Scotsman consumed 60 pints of beer
Fact 11: Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets: 5 cans of beer for a day’s work, plus €10 and tobacco
Fact 12: Beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia until 2013.
Fact 13: At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife’s weight in beer
International beer day some fun facts and pictures
