A Few Random Facts... Just For Fun

Guinness Beer is actually brewed in about 35 countries. 40% of all Guinness is produced in Africa.

The longest bar in the world is 684 ft long and is located at the New Bulldog in Rock Island, Illinois.

The U.S. Marines first recruiting station was a bar.

Bourbon is the official spirit of the United States by an act of Congress.

The Manhattan (bourbon and sweet vermouth) was invented by Winston Churchill's mother.

If a young Tiriki man offers a woman a beer and she spits some in his mouth they become engaged.

The shallow champagne glass began with Marie Antoinette, it was first formed from wax molds of her breasts.

Methyphobia is fear of alcohol.

White wine gets darker as it ages, while red wine gets lighter.

The average number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine is 600.

Favorite cocktails of some former presidents:
Gin and tonic- Ford
Gin Martini-Hoover
Rum and Coke- Nixon
Scotch- FDR
Bourbon- Truman
Modern Snakebite (stout and hard cider)- Clinton

Cheers!

"It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but the abuse of a good thing".
-Abraham Lincoln