40 Beer Fun Facts You Need To Know

Beer is The Most Popular Alcoholic Beverage in the World, making it The Most Consumed as well. Here are All The Beer Fun Facts you need to know.

* Beer is made and served with Natural Ingredients and around the World.

* Over 42 Billion Gallons of Beer are made yearly, Worldwide.

* Adults living in the United States drink over 7.4 Billion Gallons of Beer a year.

* Brewing Beer is a Process and Biochemical Reactions need to happen to make Beer.

* Beer is the 3rd Most Popular Drink after Water and Tea.

* Breweries are of The Most Creative and Innovative Industries.

* Beer is something that anyone passionate enough can make. From Craft Brewers to Industry Leaders, you can even Make Beer at Home.

* The United States doesn’t even Rank in the Top 10 of Overall Beer Drinking.

* College Universities have Masters Programs in Brewing. A 4-Year Brewing Degree didn’t exist until 1971, when the University of California added a Fermentation Science Degree to its Curriculum. 

* There are Health Benefits to drinking Beer. Beer has Antioxidants and you can Even Bathe In It. 

* There’s a Beer for anyone. Most Bartenders claim that they can find anyone a Beer they would like, even if they claim not to like Beer.

* Put simply, Beer is Fermented Hops. It’s a Flavored, Malt-Sugared Liquid.

* For many, Beer is Tasty, Cheap and Easily Available. 

As of 1983, there were 49 Licensed Breweries in the United States. By the end of 2017, there were 8,863.

* Anheuser Busch sells over 160 Million Barrels of Beer in the United States.

* Beers Ingredients are essentially made of 4-Ingredients - Barley, (Wheat or Rice,) Hops, Yeast and Water.

* McDonald’s around the World sell Beer, including France, Germany, Portugal and South Korea.

* Not only are All Beers made with the Same Ingredients but they are also Brewed the same.

+ California has The Most Brewers according to 2017 data and Washington comes in at a Close IInd with 499.

* In the middle ages, Beer was considered A Necessary Part of people’s Diets and not the Recreational Beverage we see it as today.

* Ancient Greeks didn’t drinking much Beer as they preferred Wine.

* Water is Very Important and can make or break each batch of Beer. 

* The more the Barley is dried Post Malting, the Darker and More Roasted the Beer is going to taste. 

* Wort is then mixed with Hop for bitterness and the Beer Taste. Then Yeast for fermentation once cooled. Yeast is responsible for Peak Flavor and converting Sugar to Co2 and Alcohol.

* So many different kinds of Beer can be made and thought up with creative people who have their own ideas about it. 

* The Taste depends on Alcohol Content as well. Beers usually range about 3% to 10% Alcohol. Sometimes that number can go as high as 17.5% in some Specialty Beers.

* The earliest of Beer Brewing was done by Women in Ancient Europe.

* The earliest evidence of Beer Drinking was found in Iran and dates back to 3,500 B.C.

* Most Beers are Ales and Lagers. Ales can be Stouts, India Pale Ales, Lambics,  Wheat Beers and Porters. These Beers are known for their Heavy Fruit Flavors.

* Lagers include Pilsner, Bocks, Schwarzbier and Malt Liquors. They are Generally Crisper and have a Cleaner Beer Taste. 

* The Beer Industry in the United States annually profits over 100 Billion Dollars.

* Ales and Lagers are fermented differently, Lager is made at the bottom of the Barrel. Ale uses a different type of Yeast and the Yeast rises to the top and ferments about 15 Degrees Warmer than a Lager, producing a Completely Different Flavor.

* The Strongest Beer brewed comes to us from a Scottish Brewmeister. It’s 67.5%. It’s called Snake Venom.

* Bud Light is The Largest Selling Beer in the World. This has got to be The Best of All Beer Fun Facts.

* Light Beer is Lager Beer that’s been brewed to have Less Calories, Carbohydrates and often Less Alcohol. 

* It takes twice as long in the Brewhouse to make Bud Light than Other Beers.

* Budweiser has 5.0% Alcohol, 143 Calories and 10.6 Carbs. Whereas it’s Lighter counterpart, Bud Light has 4.2% Alcohol, 110 Calories and 6.6 Carbs in comparison.

* With NA Beer, it’s best to proceed with caution. NA doesn’t mean No Alcolhol at all. The Legal Definition of Non-Alcoholic in the US is less than .5% by Volume. The amount can vary by Brewer. 

* The Czechs love Beer so much, they have The Highest per capita consumption at 35.2 Gallons per person per year. This makes them The Number-1 Drinking Nation in the World. However, China consumes The Most Beer overall, as a Country.

These Beer Fun Facts are Super Fun and Shareable. 

The Monty Python Parrot

Sculptor Iain Prendergast created this 50 ft (15 m) Parrot from the Famous Monty Python Sketch, the Dead Parrot. The Bird was placed in London’s Potters Field Park in July some years before to promote the 10-Day Monty Python Reunion Charity Event, whose final night performance was aired on UKTV Channel Gold, which commissioned the Parrot.

Magdeburg Water Bridge - Water on Water

 The Magdeburg Water Bridge (German: Kanalbrücke Magdeburg) is a Large Navigable Aqueduct in Central Germany, located near Magdeburg. The Largest Canal Underbridge in Europe, it spans the River Elbe and directly connects the Mittellandkanal on the west side and Elbe-Havel Canal on the east side of the River, allowing Large Commercial Ships to pass between the Rhineland and Berlin without having to descend into and then climb out of the Elbe itself.

Qasr al-Farid - A Lonely Castle

In The Middle Of A Barren Desert, A Lonely Castle 

Has Kept Watch For Centuries

In the Middle of the Vast, Golden Desert of Northern Saudi Arabia, A Castle rises out of the Sand, emerging from a Massive Stone. 

Its Facade is all clean lines and right angles, in contrast to the Natural Surface of the Stone and the Structure is instantly striking. Seeing it, you can't help but Wonder - Who Built It ? Why ? How long has it been here, looking out over the Empty Desert?

The Structure is known as Qasr al-Farid, which means "Lonely Castle," and was built in the Ist Century, during the Pre-Islamic Nabataean Kingdom. 

It's located in Mada'in Saleh, also known as Al-Hijr or Hegra and is one of over A Hundred Similar Monuments in the Area. 

If it reminds you of the Carved City of Petra in Modern-Day Jordan, it should. Petra was the Capital of the Nabataean Kingdom. Mada'in Saleh was the 2nd Largest City and was a Major Trading Center.

Qasr al-Farid isn't actually a Castle, though; it's a Tomb. It's Unfinished and in its Unfinished State, it allows us a Glimpse into how the Nabataeans Constructed their Massive Stone Buildings. 

They liked to use Single Pieces of Sandstone and Carved from the Top Down. 

They also borrowed Decorative Elements from Egyptian, Hellenistic and Assyrian Styles. The Size of the Tomb indicated the Person's Social Status. 

Qasr al-Farid is the Largest of the 131 Tombs in the Area. Despite having faced the elements for 1,900 years, Qasr al-Farid is in Very Good Condition thanks to the Dry Climate.

Today, Qasr al-Farid isn't quite So Lonely. It's a Popular Spot With Tourists and the Whole Archaeological Site where it's located has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saudi Arabia's Ist.

Top 10 Animals Who Live Longer

 Red Sea Urchin

The red sea urchin or Strongylocentrotus franciscanus is found only in the Pacific Ocean, primarily along the West Coast of North America. It lives in shallow, sometimes rocky, waters from the low-tide line down to to 90 meters, but they stay out of extremely wavy areas. They crawl along the ocean floor using their spines as stilts. If you discover one, remember to respect your elders — some specimens are more than 200 years old.

Turtles

Tortoises are considered the longest living vertebrates on Earth. One of their oldest known representatives was Harriet, a Galápagos tortoise that died of heart failure at the age of 175 years in June 2006 at a zoo owned by the late Steve Irwin. Harriet was considered the last living representative of Darwin?s epic voyage on the HMS Beagle. An Aldabra giant tortoise named Adwaita died at the rumored age of 250 in March 2006.

Geoducks

First on the list are these large saltwater clams that are native to the Puget Sound and have been known to live for at least 160 years. They are characterized by their long ?necks?, or siphons, which can grow to over 1 meter long.

Tuataras

The word ?dinosaur? is commonly used to describe an old person, but when it refers to a tuataras, the term is as literal as it is metaphorical. The two species of tuatara alive today are the only surviving members of an order which flourished about 200 million years ago ? they are living dinosaurs. They are also among the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth, with some individuals living for anywhere between 100 and 200 years.

Lamellibrachia Tube Worms

These colorful deep sea creatures are tube worms (L. luymesi) that live along hydrocarbon vents on the ocean floor. They have been known to live 170 years, but many scientists believe there may be some that have lived for more than 250 years.

Bowhead Whales

Also known as the Arctic whale, the bowhead is by far the longest living mammal on Earth. Some bowhead whales have been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers 200 years ago. The oldest known bowhead whale was at least 211 years old.

Koi

Koi are an ornamental, domesticated variety of the common carp. The are common in artificial rock pools and decorative ponds. Amazingly, some varieties are capable of living more than 200 years. The oldest known koi was Hanako, a fish that died at the age of 226 on July 7, 1977.

Ocean Quahog

The ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) is a species of clam that is exploited commercially.Researchers have interpreted the dark concentric rings or bands on the shell as annual marks, much like a tree has rings. Some collected specimens have been calculated to be more than 400 years old

Antarctic Sponge

Perhaps due to the extremely low temperatures of the Antarctic Ocean, this immobile creature has an extremely slow growth rate. Some estimate the oldest known specimens are 1,550 years old.

Turritopsis Nutricula Jellyfish

This species of jellyfish might be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Because they are able to bypass death, the number of individuals is spiking. ?We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion,?says Dr. Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute.