International Beer Day

For many of you, this is a big day – Happy International Beer Day! First let’s get up to speed…what is beer anyway? Beer is “an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.” It is “the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage” and “is thought by some to be the oldest fermented beverage.” The process of making beer is called brewing. Here is a lovely image to describe how this process works…

(Image found at: http://www.crabtreebrewing.com/pages/brewingProcess.html)

There are many different types of beer and of course, many origins.

(Image found at: http://lionco.com/sociability-and-wellbeing/beer-spirits-wine/beer-basics/)

As stated above, the beer industry is pretty huge. Everyone has their favourite, and usually they aren’t afraid to share with you why they have come to love a particular brand or blend. North American and European beers generally take the cake!

To the many of you happy to celebrate this occasion, I say, bottoms up! Taste the flavours of the beer world. They have samplers, right? But – be safe. Don’t over do it! And most importantly – DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!

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