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Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: For you "collectors" out there, "Tegestology" is the name for collecting beer mats and a "Labeorphilist" is the name for someone who collects beer bottles. (Perhaps not the most interesting "fact" we've ever posted, but a "fact" nonetheless!)

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Many beers from the middle ages used sage. Sage is highly antibacterial and was used to treat infectious diseases. Recently, British researchers have found it inhibits a primary enzyme linked to Alzheimer's disease.

beer is good for you beer causes cancer beer is rehydrating lord, could someone just decide which it is? me, i choose to believe its good for me because that suits me apparently its on everybody's radar these days craftbeer.com mentions it in their current newsletter Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: We've known that moderate consumption of beer has been good for your health. In the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the report mentions benefits in a slower cognitive decline with age, a lower risk of coronary heart disease, and that "moderate drinking is not associated with weight gain."

yet another silly beer law: Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: According to strangefacts.com, it's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Do you collect beer mats? If so, someone has apparently come up with a name for that. According to burp.com, a tegestologist is a collector of beer mats.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Throughout history, beer has been important. How important? Napoleon said, "On victory, you deserve beer. In defeat, you need it."

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Are fresh hops important? According to Stan Hieronymus, alpha acids can oxidize and even become insoluble. Hops can lose as much as 10 - 20% of their Alpha Acids in their 1st year . . . even if stored if sealed & stored properly.

do not tell your children about this one no reason to give them any fodder to refuse to take out the empties!! Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: "anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri."

http:// Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: The word "cask" means container. The word comes from the Spanish cáscara which means tree bark, in the sense that the bark surrounds and holds the tree in the way that a cask surrounds and holds the beer.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: James Madison (while serving as President) proposed the creation of a national brewery & the appointment of a “secretary of beer." Congress killed the idea.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Hair of the Dog is a technique where you ward off the hangover by having another drink. The name dates back to an ancient Scottish practice of placing hairs from the dog that bit you in any wound inflicted by such dog - the idea being that it will help the wound heal faster.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Many Christmas Beers or Winter Warmers will feature cinnamon. Cinnamon is one of the oldest known spices & has been used for colds, nausea, diarrhea. It's believed to improve energy, vitality, & circulation. Recent studies show a beneficial effect on blood sugar & to contain antibacterial & antifungal properties.

Craft Beer Locator   Beer Fact of the Day (courtesy of @Steve Parkes):  The Off-Flavor Series. There's an aroma in beer associated with the earliest stages of oxidation that smells of tom cats. Hops also exhibit that aroma including Cascades and particularly Simcoe.

Craft Beer Locator   Beer Fact of the Day (courtesy of @Steve Parkes) Off-Flavor Series:  The corn flavor in some beers is actually a chemical called DiMethyl Sulfide (DMS). Derives from malted barley, not corn. It is present in all malt but is driven off during kilning (malthouse) and boiling (brewhouse). Very pale malts have more as they are less intensely kilned. A poor boil or a badly designed system results in more DMS in beer.

Craft Beer Locator Beer fact of the Day: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, beer was in many ways a super-food. By producing & drinking beer, one could dramatically multiply the calories in harvested grains while consuming needed vitamins; the alcohol was also effective at killing bacteria found in tainted water supplies. Given the difficulty of producing food in the ancient world, beer gave you a lot of nutritional bang for your buck.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Today kicks-off the 2010 Great American Beer Festival. In 1982, the first festival saw 22 breweries, 40 beers & 800 attendees gather at the Harvest House Hotel in Boulder, CO. This year? 455 breweries, +2,200 beers & 49,000 attendees will gather in Denver, CO.

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: The number of breweries in the U.S. topped the 1,600 mark in early 2010. This pales in contrast to it's peak in 1873 when there were 4,131 breweries!

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Montana tops all other states in beer consumption per capita with 43.5 gallons. In case you're wondering about the national per capita, it's at 29.5 gallons. who'd a thunk? montana?

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: When it comes to total beer consumption, the United States trails only China. However, if looked at per capita, the US drops to 13th and China doesn't even make the list. so where's canada on that list??? (and p.s., the usual link to craft beer locator isn't working, so i've linked to their facebook page this time...)

Craft Beer Locator   Beer Fact of the Day:  Lupulin is what is inside a hop cone and varies in color from pale yellow to an intense gold. The bitter hops have much greater quantities of lupilin.