in 1968, Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall became the first Olympian disqualified for drug use, for drinking two beers?
a vitamin B-fortified beer was developed for the Philippine beer market?
Starobrno Brewery annually produces a special batch of green beer distributed only on Maundy Thursday?
les Brasseries du Cameroun controls 75 percent of the market for beer and soft drinks in Cameroon?
the Ebla tablets, found in ancient Ebla, Syria, and dating back to 2500 BC, reveal that the city produced a range of beers, including one that appears to be named "Ebla"?
when Ted Hough was signed by Southampton Football Club, his "transfer fee" was a round of 52 pints of beer?
the Swedish Bikini Team, an advertising and marketing campaign for Old Milwaukee beer was shut down in the U.S. following protests by the National Organization for Women?
the Moonlight Brewing Company sells its product only in kegs because the brewmaster believes the process of bottling beer "is cruel for the beer and a logistical nightmare"?
Maraba Coffee, the first Rwandan coffee to gain Fairtrade status, is used to make the only coffee beer sold in the British Isles?
Lion Beer was Asia's first brand of beer?
William Hogarth's prints Beer Street and Gin Lane contrast the misery of gin drinkers with the happiness and good health of those who drink beer?
British beer authorities have declared that women prefer beer made from bananas?
bread and beer were the two basic staples of Ancient Egyptian cuisine?
Barry Bowen owned Belikin, Belize's only domestically brewed beer brand, as well as the country's only commercial coffee farm?
Beer Day in Iceland celebrates the end of prohibition of beer on 1 March 1989, though wine and other spirits had been legal since 1935?
John Harrison (pictured), seventeenth century benefactor of Leeds, is reputed to have slipped Charles I a tankard of gold coins disguised as beer?
Henry Weinhard, a brewer in Portland, Oregon, offered to pump free beer into the Skidmore Fountain when it was dedicated?
Bryncelyn Brewery in Wales relates the names of all its beers in some way to Buddy Holly?
Australian Olympic swimming gold medalist Neil Brooks retired after being suspended for drinking 46 cans of beer on a flight from Britain back to Australia?