International Beer Day 2018: Fun Facts, Quotes About The Alcoholic Beverage

Friday is International Beer Day and what better way to end the week than by chugging down the alcoholic beverage. The celebration was first marked in 2007 by a California man named Jesse Avshalomov and his colleagues. Since then people across the world celebrate the day.

According to its official website, International Beer Day is carried out "to gather with friends and enjoy the deliciousness that is beer", "to celebrate the dedicated men and women who brew and serve our beer," and "to bring the world together by celebrating the beers of all nations and cultures on this one remarkable day."

This day is, however, different from National Beer Day, which is marked in April and is celebrated only in the U.S.

Here are some interesting facts about beer from Huffington Post and Forbes:

1. Brewing is believed to have started about 5,000 years ago.

2. The study of fermentation in brewing is called zymurgy.

3. Beer was first packaged in a 12-ounce aluminum can in 1959.

4. The oldest, still-operating brewery in the United States is the Yuengling brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

5. Snake Venom is the strongest beer in the world with an alcohol by volume content of 67.5 percent.

6. The fear of an empty beer glass is known as Cenosillicaphobia.

7. The Texas State Fair is famous for serving fried beer.

8. The top beer-producing countries are China and the U.S.

9. First American President George Washington loved beer and had his own special recipe.

10. The Czech Republic drinks the most beer of any nation in the world, followed by Austria and Germany

Here are some famous quotes about beer:

1. “Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!” — Martin Luther

2. “Beer culture is a part of the world of food and drink. It’s not just a commodity in cans and bottles, but has a value as an agricultural product with good ingredients.” — Michael Jackson

3. "Religions change; beer and wine remain." — Hervey Allen, author.

4. “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” — Alice Cooper

5. “Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

6. "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer." — Frank Zappa

7. "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder." — Kinky Friedman

8. "Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world." — Jack Nicholson

9. "Beer. It always seems like such a good idea at the time, doesn't it? What's worse is beer seems like an even better idea after you've had some beer." — Steven Hall

10. "God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer." — Anne Sexton