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43 Facts About Alcohol Served Up Like a Shot

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43 Facts About Alcohol Served Up Like a Shot

September 03, 2023

You may know a lot about your favorite beer, wine or spirit, but we'd reckon there are a few facts on this list that will still surprise you. For instance: Did you know the funny way vodka was marketed to compete with the more popular whiskey? Or the weird ways Prohibition-era drinkers tried to capture the taste of their favorite drinks? Or how one of the most famous names in all of booze had actually never enjoyed a drop?

That said, this list does not include some sort of magical cure all for hangovers. You’re on your own with that.

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The oldest recorded beer recipe is in a Sumerian song, The Hymn to Ninkasi, 14 originally found on a tablet from 1800 ВСЕ. CRACKED.COM

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Communion wine was the first drink consumed on the Moon's surface. Before the flight, Buzz Aldrin made arrangements with his pastor to bring a small amount of blessed wine and bread to the Moon which he drank and ate in the lunar lander shortly after landing on the surface. CRACKED.COM

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SAMPLE SAU-DE-VIK How does Peire Williams شامعة adidas a full-size fruit wind up inside the liquor? They hang bottles from the branches so that the newly formed fruit will grow inside them. CRACKED COM

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CRACKED.COM Beer attracts slugs. That's because beer smells like overripe fruit to slugs, thanks to its fermented yeast.

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During Prohibition, bootleggers would try to mimic the tastes of different drinks with strange ingredients. For instance, to imitate bourbon, they would add dead rats and rotten meat. Juniper oil was used for gin, and creosote for scotch's smoky flavor. CRACKED.COM

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Medical Beer

During Prohibition doctors could prescribe beer. A prescription could be filled every ten days and cost 3-4 dollars, about 50 dollars in today's money. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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The bubbles in Guinness Stout sink, rather than rise. ESTP 1759 GUINNESS BREWED IN DUBLIN Researchers in Ireland speculate that it has to do with the shape of the pint glass it's usually served in. CRACKED.COM

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People love banana beer

Every day, millions of people drink beer made from fermented bananas. the BAHA GLAS E - - I RAHA لل I I I I BAHAMA Alcoholic 350 ml Deverage Alchofic THan Beverage HALL - - - - = - ITUM - I Issued IN Investments Insurance M 2 ml - - - Bottles of urwagwa CRACKED.COM It's a super-popular traditional drink in East Africa, and there are many subtypes - the Rwandan urwagwa, the Ugandan tonto and waragi, etc. — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Soak in warm beer

Beer spas exist. People soak themselves in warm beer. And while they bathe, they can help themselves to a nice cold brew. حسب The idea is that the ingredients in beer have been used as medicines in the past, so why not combine them with the benefits of a hot spa? CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Beer Bricks!

In 1960, Alfred Heineken had the idea for a beer bottle that could be recycled as a brick. Не was inspired by Heineken bottles littering a Caribbean beach, and by visiting impoverished places that lacked proper building materials. Не called his rectangular bottle design the Heineken World Bottle, or Wobo. IN LAGER BEER eineken V IN HOLLAND But consumers rejected it, because it's hard to hold a rectangular bottle. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Where does XX come from?

CRACKED.COM Marking alcohol with XX was started by medieval, alcohol-brewing monks. XXX > X By the 17th century the number of Xs would show how strong a beer was with Xxx 'XX' usually being the standard ale. — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Cross-fading

After drinking alcohol and smoking pot, the amount of THC your body absorbs nearly doubles, and you are more likely to experience the effects sooner than those who smoked sober. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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John Walker was a teetotaler

John Walker, the Scottish founder of Johnnie Walker whisky was, surprisingly, a teetotaler- meaning he didn't drink alcohol. JOHNNIE WALKER. BLACK LABEL ....... ... ....... H - .... 12 ..... - - - - - SPORTS - ALLACIO 750ml GRACKED COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Skip the dark liquors (if you hate hangovers)

CRACKED COM Dark liquors (red wine, whiskey) are more likely to give you a hangover. Congeners, a chemical commonly Dua produced in your body after drinking liquors with dark color, are believed to be the main cause of hangovers. DUPLIN Don't want to be hungover? Skip the red wine and go for vodka. Tito's. — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Kim Jong-Il loved Hennessey

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Monkeys love booze

CRACKED.COM Vervet monkeys like alcohol as much as we do. Studies have shown similar drinking patterns too, like juveniles drinking more than adults, and the same percent of alcohol abstainers as in humans. — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Washington's Craft Beer

George Washington made craft beer. The recipe has been preserved from his notebook and you can still make it today- if you have 3 gallons of molasses. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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The World's Strongest Beer

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Mountain Dew's original purpose

CRACKED COM MOUNTAIN DEW Mtn WAS ORIGINALLY Dew CREATED TO BE A MIXER FOR MOONSHINE. MOONSHINE Named after a nickname for moonshine, brothers Ally and Barney Hartman crafted Mountain Dew to help make APPALACHIAN DISTILLERY the strong liquor taste better. The Hartman brothers Appalachian made the soda commercially available in the 1940s. Moonshine MOUNTAIN A TRADITION IN ALC/VOLTIME — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Jack Daniels' origins

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Tequila vs Mezcal

Much like with champagne, the name tequila refers to the region where the spirit was made. - ALTOS ALTOS OLHELA 100% ALTOS AQAYE ALTOS OLRETA 100% A2RICE GUPELA ALTOS ANIA ALTON 100% AGAVE PLAYA TEQUILA 100% - AGAVE INM 10 | IDEAR - BRO ERICE 700ml PICE الخير If an agave-based drink wasn't produced in Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit, or Tamaulipas, the proper name is mezcal. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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...The original milkshake sounds nasty

MILKSHAKE originally referred to an alcoholic, eggnog-like drink made from eggs and whiskey. The drink we know as today's milkshake became popular in the early 1900s. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Alcohol goes directly in your veins

Alcohol is not digested. It goes directly to your bloodstream from your small intestines. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Beer is good for you

Beer is good for your bones. Some beer is high in silicon- a natural chemical element that is essential for bone strength. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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The original beer brewers

The original beer brewers were women. In the ancient world brewing beer was one of the only jobs available to women. However by the 18th century new technologies allowed breweries to become profitable- leading men to push women out of the industry. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Catch up, rest of the world

The Czech Republic consumes the most beer per capita. The country consumes 191.8 liters per capita- Australia comes in a far second with 107.6 liters per capita. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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We love a lager

Lager is the most popular beer style in the world. ORIGINAL LUCKY Lager BIÈRE.B BEEF 80% of all consumed beer is Lager style. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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The Most Popular Alcohol

Beer is the most popular alcohol in the world. It is the third most consumed beverage altogether after water and tea. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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The Oldest Brewery

The world's oldest operating brewery opened in 1040. Located in Germany, Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan operated as part of a monastery and still brews and sells beer today. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Chernobyl vodka

You can purchase Vodka that is made from rye grown in the surrounding soil and the water running underneath Chernebyl. ATOMIK GRAIN SPIRCE 47- САМОГОН Atomik is apparently safe to drink since the distilling process purifies the vodka of radioactivity. CRACKED COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Yeah, "milkshakes"

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Ooof.

Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, wanted one last shot of whiskey on his deathbed. Не never got it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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Performance enhacing drinking

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The military loves Jack Daniels

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Gin & Tonic vs Malaria

GRACKED.COM GIN & TONIC WAS INVENTED TO COMBAT MALARIA IN THE JUNGLES OF BRITISH INDIA. Soldiers were made to drink water mixed with quinine, which is an anti-parasitic tree bark extract. The gin helped mask the awful bitter taste. Modern tonic water is still made with small amounts of quinine. — Source: 29 Fascinating Facts About Booze

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200 Year Old Beer

The world's oldest surviving beer was discovered in 2010. АЦИПОВА The bottles went down on a ship in the Baltic Sea almost 200 years ago. After it was discovered, scientists drank it to decipher and recreate the recipe. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Praise Be To Beer

A Temple in Thailand was built using 1.5 million beer bottles. The temple took two years to build and was intended to make a statement against pollution. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Thanks Beer (For Oxygen!)

Beer led to the discovery of oxygen. Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774 after noticing rising gasses in beer vats. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Underground Beer Pipeline

In Germany there is an underground beer pipeline. WESTENSCH ARENA The pipeline services a sports arena, is 5 kilometers long, and holds 52,000 liters of beer. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Will Work For Beer

The builders of The Great Pyramid in Giza were paid in beer. This custom was not unique to Egypt- workers in the earliest civilizations of Mesopotamia were also paid in beer. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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Your Wife's Weight in Beer

You can win your wife's weight in beer. First prize at the Wife Carrying World Championships is your wife's weight in beer. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Beer That Still Won't Cure Our Hangover

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