Monday, May 14, 2007
This started with learning what the word "cenosillicaphobia" means, and it led to beer trivia. Go figure.
I happened across the word, and supposedly it means "the fear of an empty glass". I haven't found the word in any dictionary, though, so it may not actually be a real word. It lead me to look up beer trivia, though, so here we go.
1) The country with the most beer brands is Belgium, with 400.
2) What was the length of Prohibition? 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours, 32-1/2 minutes. Even if this isn't true, I thought it was really funny! Wonder how many people were counting down the days and hours?
3) The brand "Hamm's" was known as the beer from the "land of the sky blue waters". It was brewed in Minneapolis and is now owned by Pabst.
4) After prohibition was repealed, Anheuser Busch used their famous eight-horse wagon to deliver the first post-prohibition case of beer to FDR, in thanks for his help in ending the prohibition law.
I think that's enough beer trivia, especially since I don't even like beer.
2 comments:
I did know about Hamm's...living in Minnesota and all, but the rest is new. And oddly enough, I don't like beer either! lol good job doing this even in the summer!!!
Amanda
I have toured the Hamm's brewery in Minneapolis. My aunt lives in St. Paul.
Traci
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