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10 Facts for Expert Beer Drinkers

Even a beer drinking expert can improve. These facts will help the most seasoned of drinkers to do it even better.

  1. Temperature fluctuations shorten the shelf life of beer. Shelf life can be shortened considerably, despite the date on the can, if it isn't kept in a fairly constant temperature.
  2. Light can spoil the flavor of beer. The ones that come in brown, or green bottles are most likely to be affected. This is a good excuse for buying boxes of beer because the case protects it from the light.
  3. Shaking your beer around will shorten its shelf life too. Apart from the fact that shaken beer is likely to explode, it changes the flavor. Keeping beer in the fridge door means that it's often shaken around, so keep it on the shelf.
  4. If a bottle of beer has a ring around the neck, the beer is contaminated. Don't drink it!
  5. A "beer belly" is not caused by drinking too much beer. It's caused by eating too much food.
  6. Coffee won't sober a person who has drunk too much beer. Neither will cold showers, or food. Only time will allow the alcohol to leave the body. A person with a blood alcohol level of 0.015 will be sober in one hour.
  7. Women of equivalent size and weight to a man can drink less beer before getting drunk. This is because women have a higher concentration of body fat to muscle.
  8. People who don't drink beer, or other alcohol are not alcohol free. Our bodies make alcohol all the time.
  9. The oldest written recipe in the world was found inscribed on stone tablets in Egypt. It was 3000 years old and made a dark, strong beer.
  10. A historic diary from the Mayflower shows that if there had been more beer, the Pilgrims would not have landed at Plymouth Rock "We could not take time for further search... our victuals being much spent... especially our beer."
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Comments (6)
#1 by IcyCucky, Nov 11, 2007
This is a very interesting article.

I can't find your article you're talking about last night, Lizzie.
#2 by Joe Poniatowski, Apr 22, 2008
I'm not sure if I qualify as an expert yet, but you know what they say... Practice Makes Perfect! Very interesting, Louie.
#3 by Darlene McFarlane, Apr 23, 2008
This is an interesting article,Louie.

#4 by Judy Sheldon, Apr 23, 2008
Louie, this is wonderfully written, even if I have little interest in beer. lol
#5 by Lucy Lockett, Apr 24, 2008
I'm learning more things all the time!
#6 by adriano, Apr 24, 2008
cheers!
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