Sunday is National Beer Day in the United States! This day was created to celebrate the signing of the Cullen-Harrison Act and subsequently the end of Prohibition. So, in honor of this day, and beer lovers worldwide here are some interesting beer facts, rapid-fire style!

Canada Beer Facts:

85 to 90% of beer consumed in Canada is manufactured in Canada. How many industries can say the same thing?

Beer has three times the economic impact of wine and spirits combined, in Canada.

The Canadian brewing industry has reduced its energy consumption by 58% since 1990.

Local breweries annually purchase 300,000 tonnes of Canadian malting barley.

United States Beer Facts:

Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, Yuengling sent a truckload of “Winner Beer” to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Remarkably, the delivery arrived on the same day the amendment was repealed. What makes this an interesting fact is that it takes Yuengling beer takes almost three weeks to brew and age.

The top-selling items at Walmart before a hurricane are beer and strawberry pop tarts.

Adolph Coors III was allergic to beer. He was also kidnapped and subsequently murdered by Joesph Corbett Jr. Even though the FBI was on the case Corbett was arrested by Canadian Police in Vancouver.

In 1986, a beer drinking goat was elected mayor of the small town of Lajitas in Texas, USA

International Beer Facts

There is a fully legitimate German beer named f**king Hell. It’s named after the Austrian village ‘f**king’, and the German word ‘hell’, a term used for light ale. (Sorry, Mom I couldn’t resist)

Guinness is a light beer, with fewer calories than most other beers including Budweiser and Coors.

Czech Republic drinks more beer than any other country in the world per capita. Now, if we're talking about the most overall consumption, China takes first place.

The strongest beer in the world, Snake Venom, is 67.5% ABV. It was brewed in Scotland in 2017 by Brewmeister.

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