1. In 2010, a beer believed to be the worlds oldest drinkable beer was found on a shipwreck, believed to have gone down in the Baltic Sea over 200 years ago!

2. In ancient Egypt, workers were often given a rations of beer, three times a day as payment. They great Pyramids were built by workers paid in this way.

3. Over 100 medicinal uses for beer have been found in ancient Egyptian texts.

4. It is believed that the first professional brewers were woman.

5. The term Rule of Thumb is believed to be derived from an old brewers method of checking the temperature of their product by dipping a thumb into the mash.

6. In 1814, a huge vat of beer ruptured, releasing 1.4 million litres of Beer onto the streets of London. That’s the equivalent of 3,500 barrels!

7. During the medieval period, beer was seen as cleaner and safer to drink than water due to the fermentation process.

8. Are you afraid of an empty beer glass? You may have Cenosilicaphobia.

9. Vikings, who had many wondrous beliefs wee of the opinion that upon death a giant goat would be awaiting them on the other side, with udders filled with an unending supply of beer.

10. A Scotsman claims to have had the worlds longest hangover, lasting for 4 weeks after he drank just over 28 litres of beer.