California has more breweries in the U.S. than any other state (279 brewing companies in California in 2007).

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A "rule of thumb" means a rough or guesswork estimate, based more upon experience than on precise measurement.There are two theories about the origin of this expression. One theory is that it comes from the frequent use of the lower part of the thumb (roughly equal to one inch in the average adult male) as a crude measuring device. However, some authorities trace the phrase to a practice once common among brewmasters. In the days when beer was truly beer, not the pasteurized soft drink...

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Molson, Inc. is the oldest brewery in North America.

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The first consumer protection law ever written was enacted over beer by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria in 1516. It was a purity law limiting the ingredients of beer to barley, hops and water.

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