The earliest written mention of beer is found in the 5th century BC in the writings of the ancient Greek writer Xenophon.

The largest beer producer in the world is the Belgian company Anheuser-Busch InBev. This company owns around 400 beer brands in 50 countries (including Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck's, Hoegaarden and Leffe).

International Beer Day is always celebrated on the first Friday in August. The first Beer Day was celebrated in the USA in 2007. In 2012, the holiday was celebrated in 50 countries and more than 200 cities around the world.

The Guinness Book of Records was created by Hugh Beaver, Managing Director of the Guinness Brewing Company. He had the idea of creating an authoritative source for pub-goers to settle their disputes over the record of a particular phenomenon.

The strongest beer in the world has a strength of 67.5 %. It was created in 2017 by the Scottish brewery Brewmeister. The beer is called Snake Venom.

The Slavic word "beer" comes from the verb "to drink". Originally, beer referred to any kind of drink.

The most common type of beer is lager. Its share of global consumption is up to 80%.

It is believed that the popular beer snack - potato chips - was invented by accident. In response to criticism from an industrial magnate that his potatoes were "too fat", a chef named George Crum sliced wafer-thin potatoes and deep-fried them. But the dish tasted good to the building tycoon and his friends. After a while, the chips became the most popular dish in the restaurant where George Crum worked.

The Danish botanist Emil Christian Hansen made an important contribution to the development of beer brewing. In 1881, he was the first person to succeed in obtaining a pure culture of brewer's yeast, which significantly improved the quality of the product. The brewer's yeast developed from Hansen's technology is still produced today.

The oldest brewery in the world today is the Weihenstephan Brewery in Freising, Germany. It was founded in 1040.

The earliest evidence of brewing beer dates back to about 3500-2900 B.C. Ancient evidence, in the form of chemical residues, was found in ancient Iran.

In ancient China, beer was brewed from both sprouted rice and rice with added fruit.

China, the United States, Germany, Russia and Brazil are among the five largest beer producers.

Non-alcoholic beer is produced either by dispensing with fermentation or by removing the alcohol from the finished beer. Compared to the production of conventional beer, the technology used to produce non-alcoholic beer is a more complicated process.