I get emails from KegWorks and they sometimes send some interesting stuff... can you guys confirm about these things? I don't agree with a few things but I'm not pro....
13 Beer Facts Worth Knowing
Read them. Remember them. Use them to impress your friends.
You should always store bottled beer upright, not on its side. This minimizes oxidation and contamination from the cap.
I do so the yeast doesn't settle on the side from bottle conditioning. I didn't know it minimizes oxidation and contamination? Can you co-sign on that?
Bottled beer is pasteurized. Keg beer is not. That's why it's critical for kegs to stay cold (38°F). As the temperature rises, CO2 expands (causing foamy beer) and dormant bacteria may become active and ruin the keg.
Not all bottled beer is pasteurized right? Craft beers or beers with yeast on the bottle of the bottle. Some have live yeast in them. Most commercial are filtered and pasteurized. Keg beer is usually not but some are flash pasteurized I believe. But some use a jockey box and let there kegs get to room temperature. I went to Costa Rica and they had there kegs in 90-100 degrees weather with jockey boxes. I wouldn't advocate that though either. Agree or disagree?
The type of water used for brewing makes a difference. The best ales are produced with hard water (with more natural salts like calcium) while soft water is better for lagers.
This statement seems too broad. Maybe for dark beers hard is better. A lot of ales are made with soft too right?
Before the 1400s ales were flavored with herbs like rosemary and thyme. Hops were first introduced to preserve beer but are now a desirable flavor.
Okay I'll agree with this one and other things were used too
Dogfish Head's Midas Touch Golden Elixir is made from a 2,700-year-old beer recipe that was found in a royal tomb in Turkey. The tomb is believed to be the burial place of the legendary King Midas.
Cool fact if it is true but I'm not sure how reliable their facts are looking at the trends. Anyone make any of this stuff? I got to get me a bottle now!
In 1814 a brewery tank containing 3,500 barrels of beer ruptured in London causing a beer tidal wave that flooded the streets, demolished two houses and claimed the lives of 9 people.
WOW. That's about 108,500 gallons right? anyone see a tank that big before? Good way to go down though.
Pabst Brewery produced the first six-pack of beer in the 1940s. The brewery conducted numerous studies, which found six cans were the ideal weight for the average housewife to carry home from the store.
LOL nice!
Anheuser-Busch uses rice in its formula and the company alone consumes about 15% of the entire U.S. rice crop.
Damn that's a lot. I wouldn't think that much. But I get my rice from Thailand maybe U.S. rice crops are breed for beer making. Other races eat a lot more rice I guess like asians and hispanics.
Belgium wins the "country with the most individual beer brands" award with more than 400 brands and counting.
Mecca
The familiar Bass symbol, a red triangle, was registered in 1876 and is the world's oldest trademark.
Yeah? The start of trademark and copyright infringement.
Hops contain an herbal form of estrogen that is rumored to make men chesty (a syndrome known as "Brewer's Droop") and lead to erectile dysfunction.
I'm heard about the "beer belly" but titties? Americans do take a lot of Viagra.... HMMM..... Is that going to stop you?
The '33' on Rolling Rock bottles was originally a printers error. It refers to the 33 words in the original slogan. It has generated enough mystery over the years that the company decided to keep it.
Didn't know. I don't really drink so didn't really care either. What was the original slogan?
Guinness sells an average of 7 million glasses a day.
Yummy.
13 Beer Facts Worth Knowing
Read them. Remember them. Use them to impress your friends.
You should always store bottled beer upright, not on its side. This minimizes oxidation and contamination from the cap.
I do so the yeast doesn't settle on the side from bottle conditioning. I didn't know it minimizes oxidation and contamination? Can you co-sign on that?
Bottled beer is pasteurized. Keg beer is not. That's why it's critical for kegs to stay cold (38°F). As the temperature rises, CO2 expands (causing foamy beer) and dormant bacteria may become active and ruin the keg.
Not all bottled beer is pasteurized right? Craft beers or beers with yeast on the bottle of the bottle. Some have live yeast in them. Most commercial are filtered and pasteurized. Keg beer is usually not but some are flash pasteurized I believe. But some use a jockey box and let there kegs get to room temperature. I went to Costa Rica and they had there kegs in 90-100 degrees weather with jockey boxes. I wouldn't advocate that though either. Agree or disagree?
The type of water used for brewing makes a difference. The best ales are produced with hard water (with more natural salts like calcium) while soft water is better for lagers.
This statement seems too broad. Maybe for dark beers hard is better. A lot of ales are made with soft too right?
Before the 1400s ales were flavored with herbs like rosemary and thyme. Hops were first introduced to preserve beer but are now a desirable flavor.
Okay I'll agree with this one and other things were used too
Dogfish Head's Midas Touch Golden Elixir is made from a 2,700-year-old beer recipe that was found in a royal tomb in Turkey. The tomb is believed to be the burial place of the legendary King Midas.
Cool fact if it is true but I'm not sure how reliable their facts are looking at the trends. Anyone make any of this stuff? I got to get me a bottle now!
In 1814 a brewery tank containing 3,500 barrels of beer ruptured in London causing a beer tidal wave that flooded the streets, demolished two houses and claimed the lives of 9 people.
WOW. That's about 108,500 gallons right? anyone see a tank that big before? Good way to go down though.
Pabst Brewery produced the first six-pack of beer in the 1940s. The brewery conducted numerous studies, which found six cans were the ideal weight for the average housewife to carry home from the store.
LOL nice!
Anheuser-Busch uses rice in its formula and the company alone consumes about 15% of the entire U.S. rice crop.
Damn that's a lot. I wouldn't think that much. But I get my rice from Thailand maybe U.S. rice crops are breed for beer making. Other races eat a lot more rice I guess like asians and hispanics.
Belgium wins the "country with the most individual beer brands" award with more than 400 brands and counting.
Mecca
The familiar Bass symbol, a red triangle, was registered in 1876 and is the world's oldest trademark.
Yeah? The start of trademark and copyright infringement.
Hops contain an herbal form of estrogen that is rumored to make men chesty (a syndrome known as "Brewer's Droop") and lead to erectile dysfunction.
I'm heard about the "beer belly" but titties? Americans do take a lot of Viagra.... HMMM..... Is that going to stop you?
The '33' on Rolling Rock bottles was originally a printers error. It refers to the 33 words in the original slogan. It has generated enough mystery over the years that the company decided to keep it.
Didn't know. I don't really drink so didn't really care either. What was the original slogan?
Guinness sells an average of 7 million glasses a day.
Yummy.
