Ten things you never knew about… beer

1. Beer is the third most popular drink worldwide.

Only water and tea beat it for quantity drunk.

2. In October 1814, a huge vat of beer at a brewery in Tottenham Court Road exploded.

The resulting London Beer Flood killed at least eight people.

3. The “beer mile” is an event in which runners drink a can of beer at the start of each of four laps.

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The world record is 4min 33.6sec.

4. The Czech Republic is the country where most beer is drunk per capita.

The average is more than 250 pints per person per year.

5. The average in the UK is 119 pints a year. India and Sri Lanka come last at 3.5 pints.

6. In Russia, beer was first officially classified as an alcoholic drink on January 1, 2013.

Before then, it was considered a soft drink.

7. Useful beer word: cenosillicaphobia, meaning fear of an empty beer glass.

8. Research by Guinness in 2000 revealed that 162,719 pints of Guinness are wasted each year by being trapped in drinkers’ moustaches.

9. The largest collection of unopened beer bottles stands at 25,866, held by Ron Werner (US).

10. Tenenet was the Egyptian goddess of childbirth and beer; Ninkasi was Sumerian goddess of beer.


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