beer brewing
Beer Trivia
I’ve never witnessed a game of beer trivia. I’m not even sure it exists. But there are plenty of questions they should include if the game just happens to exist.
First of all, it’s a myth that the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because of beer. It is said that they ran out of beer and that’s what brought them to land. If it hadn’t have been for the lack of beer, they would have sailed further south. I have heard that this is just a myth and there’s no truth to it. But, it would be nice to know.
As far as beer facts are concerned, there is an actual term for the collection of beer coasters. But first, let’s talk about the fact that beer coasters are also known as beermats. The first beermats were introduced by the printing company, Friedrich Horn, in 1880. Since then, coasters have become collector’s items. The next time you are asked, the term for collecting beermats is known as tegestology, making the collectors themselves tegestologists.
A Great Historical Moment in Beer Brewing History
Beer would not be what it is today if it were not for its rich history that started many centuries ago. The changes that have been made along the way and the moments we have shared celebrating centuries of beer makes it a real world wide phenomenon. Words that are not to be taken lightly, especially once you realize what all it took to give us the beer we enjoy today.
First of all, can you imagine what it would have taken for beer to be invented? The brewing steps of today are quite sophisticated even though they can be simplified somewhat. We boil water with barley in it and then the malt sugars that are released from the boil are boiled with hops. This creates the wort where we then add our yeast. Then, we let it ferment in two different stages called the primary and the secondary.