Thursday is National Beer Lover's Day, marked annually on Sept. 7 to celebrate those who love America's favorite beverage. To celebrate this day, drive to your local beer-selling grocery store and pick up the beverage or you can also go out with your friends to enjoy some drinks.

With so many varieties of beer out there, one can also celebrate this day by trying out something new — be it a unique ale, craft beer or artisanal beer.

Beer has been enjoyed since its creation during the Neolithic Era. The practice of brewing is believed to have started about 5,000 years ago. Former President Barack Obama was the first president of the U.S. to brew his own beer. Snake Venom is the strongest beer with an alcohol by volume content of 67.5 percent.

While many believe that beer may lead to a fatty stomach, it helps strengthen bones due to its silicone content which increases calcium deposits and minerals.

Here are some quotes about beer:

1. "Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it."—Ray Bradbury.

2. "I just want to tailgate, drink beer, and hang out in the middle of nowhere in a pick-up truck. That's my ideal date." — Ronda Rousey

3. "There's nothing in the world like the first taste of beer." — John Steinbeck.

4. "But then again there's never a bad day for a beer and a Weisswurst." — Barack Obama, on visiting Germany.

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

6. “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

7. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." — Benjamin Franklin

8. “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

9. “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.” — Abraham Lincoln

10 "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

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

12. “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

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