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Beer Fact of the Day: For you “collectors” out there, “Tegestology” is the name for collecting beer mats and a “Labeorphilist” is the name for someone who collects beer bottles. (Perhaps not the most interesting “fact” we’ve ever posted, but a “fact” nonetheless!)
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Beer Fact of the Day: Many beers from the middle ages used sage. Sage is highly antibacterial and was used to treat infectious diseases. Recently, British researchers have found it inhibits a primary enzyme linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
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from Vancouver Island Brewery
Beer Fact of the Day: Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic mugs. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. “Wet your whistle”, is the phrase inspired by this practice!
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yet another silly beer law:
Beer Fact of the Day: According to strangefacts.com, it’s illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you’re sitting on a curb in St. Louis.
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Beer Fact of the Day: Do you collect beer mats? If so, someone has apparently come up with a name for that. According to burp.com, a tegestologist is a collector of beer mats.
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Beer Fact of the Day: Throughout history, beer has been important. How important? Napoleon said, “On victory, you deserve beer. In defeat, you need it.”
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Beer Fact of the Day: Are fresh hops important? According to Stan Hieronymus, alpha acids can oxidize and even become insoluble. Hops can lose as much as 10 – 20% of their Alpha Acids in their 1st year . . . even if stored if sealed & stored properly.
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do not tell your children about this one
no reason to give them any fodder to refuse to take out the empties!!
Beer Fact of the Day: “anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.”
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Beer Fact of the Day: The word “cask” means container. The word comes from the Spanish cáscara which means tree bark, in the sense that the bark surrounds and holds the tree in the way that a cask surrounds and holds the beer.
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