Knowledge HUB - More Beer

• The first beer brewery in the US opened in Manhattan in 1623.
• The first Octoberfest was held in 1810 in Munich, Germany.
• The oldest brewery in Munich, Löwenbrau, was founded 1373.
• The Czech Republic has the highest per capita beer consumption in the world, at 155 litres (40 gal).
• Ice beer is produced by freezing the brew and filtering the ice crystals, increasing the alcohol content. This process was already known in the Middle Ages to "cold-distil" brandy from wine, and the ancient Chinese produced rice hooch that way. The Canadians adopted the cold-distillation method for ice beer.
• A true pilsner comes from the Pilsner, Czech Republic. The original pilsner was Pilsner Urquell (Plzensky Prazrod), meaning "The Original Spring of Pilsen." It still is one of the most popular pilsner in the world.
• Sake, the Japanese rice brew, is closer to beer than wine by its production method.
• The English word "brewer" refers to a male beer-maker; "brewster" to a female.
• Beer and ale volumes: 4 gills = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon, 9 gallons = 1 firkin, 2 firkins = 1 kilderkin, 3 kilderkins = 1 hogshead, 2 hogsheads = 1 butt.