This is for all the beer drinkers outhere!!
BEER TRIVIA
It was accepted practice in Babylonia 4,00yrs ago that for a month after the wedding,the brides father would supply his son-in-law with all yhe mead he could drink.Mead is a honey beer,and because their calender lunar based,this period was called the 'honey month' oror what we know today as the 'honeymoon'.
Before thermometers were invented,brewers would dip a thumb or finger into the mix to find the right temperature for adding yeast.Too cold andwouldn;t grow.Too hot,and the yeast would die.This thumb in the beer is were we get the phrase 'rule of thumb'.
In english pubs,ale is ordred in pints andquarts.So in old England,when customers got unruly,the bartender would yell at them to mind thier pints and quarts.Hence the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'.
After consuming a bucket or two of vibrant brew they called AUL,or ale,the Vikings would hed fearlessly into battle often without armor or even shirts.In fact,the term 'berserk' means"bear shirt' in Norse,and eventually took on the meaning of their wild battles.
In 1740 Admiral Vernon of the British fleet decided to water down the navy's rum.Needless to say,the sailors weren't to pleased and called him"old Grog",after the stiff wool grogram coats he wore.The term "grog" soon began to mean the watered down drink itself.When you were drunk on the grog hence the word "groggy".
Many years ago in England,pub goers had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of thier mugs.When they needed a refill they used the whistle for service.Hence"wet your whistle"..
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