Too Religious to drink??  Beer really came into its own with the advent of the Christian era, largely through the influence of the monasteries which brewed and improved the beer. Monks often built the first breweries as pioneers of the hotel business, providing shelter, food and drink to pilgrims and other travelers.

Beer before liquor, never been sicker??  Although many have tested this theory, there is no conclusive evidence that drinking beer before liquor is more likely to make you sick than the reverse.  The real problem is just drinking too much in a short period of time.

Studying the experimentally induced intoxicated behavior of ants in 1888, naturalist John Lubbock noticed that the insects that had too much to drink were picked up by nest mates and carried home. Conversely, drunken strangers were summarily tossed in a ditch.

Pennsylvania has had the highest number of breweries in U.S. history.  119 towns had at least one brewer in 1910.  Pennsylvania is also home to the country's oldest brewery:  Yuengling .