Everyone loves trivia. Whether watching Jeopardy, reading a homebrewing guide, or playing Trivial Pursuit, we all love answering those little-known questions and impressing those around us.
And here's five little known interesting facts on our beverage of choice: good, refreshing beer!
To begin with, have you ever had the unfortunate luck of being served a watered-down beer? Didn't that just burn you up? Well, back in ancient Babylonia around 1750 B.C., a law was passed that if a barkeep gave a watered down beer to a patron, the owner would be drowned in his own offending brew. Now I call that justice!
Also, most of us know the story of the pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock. But here's something to impress your history-loving friends with next time you're out: The big reason the pilgrims stopped there and did not travel south to warmer climates is simply because they ran out of beer! Just think: If they had brought more homebrew with a homebrewing guide, we may never have had a Thanksgiving!
On the other hand, Americans would not celebrate our independence during July 4th - and this would also mean that July would not be known as "American Beer Month" - I mean, what's more American than drinking homebrew with our best buds?
If you didn't know about that, though, then you probably didn't know that later on in the fall, down in Denver, Colorado, there is a huge celebration called "The Great American Beer Festival." Every year over thirty thousand people come to drink beer, share their own homebrews, and just enjoy themselves with other beer lovers.
The final little known fact? You can join those of us who are homebrewing. How? Quite simply, go to http://www.freehomebrewguide.com and download your free homebrewing guide, with 13 easy and delicious beer recipes.
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