| It's almost become the first choice for a lot of | | | | your beer, bottled, canned or draft? If given the |
| people, when the purpose is to quench their thirst. | | | | option, most drinkers would chose draft beer. Draft |
| Many businesses have been built while using this | | | | beer retains most of its brewing flavor, plus, the |
| product as their ultimate selling point. People gather | | | | packaging process does not affect the flavor as |
| every day to share a laugh, to share a smile and to | | | | much. Most bottled beer is able to keep some of its |
| share a beer. To some people, being able to drink a | | | | flavor, even though it goes through a pasteurization |
| beer is like the rite of passage into adulthood. I don't | | | | process. Bottled beer can last about 3 months on a |
| know, maybe it's because there are laws against | | | | shelf. Also, the beer will keep longer if it comes in a |
| underage drinking, so when you're able to take that | | | | brown bottle. Canned beer is filtered before it's |
| first legal drink, it tastes so much better. Beer, like | | | | canned, but then it goes through a pasteurization |
| sports, seems to have a way of bringing people | | | | process after it's canned. Canned beer has a |
| together. | | | | tendency to smell like the area where it was |
| Beer has been around for some time. The oldest | | | | packaged. |
| documented evidence shows that beer has been | | | | Beer is obviously one of the most loved liquids in the |
| around for at least 6,000 years. The ancient | | | | world. People drink it for all occasions. It's not defined |
| Egyptians and Chinese also brewed beer. Oddly | | | | by economic status, because the rich and the poor all |
| enough, women were considered the master | | | | drink beer. But beer is like anything else, it must be |
| brewers. Beer was popular with the Romans and | | | | drunk in moderation. Most people who've been |
| Greeks until wine came along. The Romans thought | | | | drinking for years, probably have some story of |
| of wine as a type of food from the gods. Beer | | | | getting drunk and not remembering what happened |
| quickly lost its popularity in Rome and soon became a | | | | the night before. These stories used to be funny, but |
| drink only fit for barbarians. During this time in Europe, | | | | as drinking, especially underage drinking, has grown, |
| beer making was still done in the home. As the 15th | | | | those stories tend to have unhappy endings. We've |
| century rolled around, pubs and even monks were | | | | seen too many stories of drunk and unruly fans at |
| brewing beer, in Europe, for mass consumption. | | | | sporting events, or worse, the drunk driver, to |
| Most beers will have the same ingredients and these | | | | continue to believe in the concept of the happy |
| are, barley, hops, water and yeast. The brewing | | | | drunk. |
| process is what determines the style of beer. There | | | | People will continue to gather places to watch sports |
| are almost 70 styles of beer; some of the most | | | | and share a beer. But lets hope that beer will be just |
| common are, ale, lager, pilsner, mild beer and porter. | | | | part of a good time and not the reason for having a |
| With almost 70 styles, there's probably at least one | | | | good time. |
| beer that fits everyone's taste. So how do you like | | | | |
