- Before
Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except the
Catholic church.
- Over
19 million adults drink wine at least once a week.
- The United States of America's
national anthem, the "Star-Spangled Banner," was written to the
tune of a drinking song.
- About
4000 years ago, it was the accepted practice in Babylonia
that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his
son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and
because their calender was lunar based, this period was called the
"honey month" or what we know to day as the "Honey
moon"
- In the
1800's liquor was a Beautician's secret! Yes, rum was considered an
excellent product for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy, and brandy was
believed to strengthen the hair roots.
- No
alcohol beverage can be over 190 proof (95% alcohol). Because at
any higher proof, the beverage will draw moisture from the air and
self-dilute.
- In
Medieval times, an alcohol beverage was often served with the English's
breakfast.
- In
ancient Rome
a piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine to wish one good health --
which is how we obtained our term for a "toast".
- All
fruit juices, and many vegetables, contain alcohol.
- To
"mind your P's and Q's" refers to English drinks being served in
pints and quarts. In older times, bartenders would advise a customer to
mind their own pints and quarts when they were becoming unmanageable.
- Before
invention of the thermometer, brewers used to check the temperature by
dipping their thumb, to find whether appropriate for adding Yeast. Too
hot, the yeast would die. This is where we get the phrase "The Rule
of the Thumb."
- Long
ago in England,
pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim of their beer mugs or
ceremic/glass cups. The whistle was used to call for service. Thus we get
the phrase, "wet your whistle."
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