World Beer Records!
World Beer
Records
Guinness World Records
World’s Largest Beer Festival –
Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany is visited by more than 7 million people annually.
In an area as large as 50 football fields, over 1,532,197 gallons of beer are
served.
Beer Festival with World’s Greatest Variety of Beer – The Great American
Beer Festival, Denver, Colorado, USA holds the Guinness World Record for
offering more beers at festival than any other in the world, with 377 breweries
serving 1,672 craft beers.
Largest Beer Bottle Collection – Ron Werner of the USA was bestowed a
certificate in 2002 for his collection of 11,644 different beer bottles
accumulated since 1982, including 7,128 that remain unopened. Among this
collection are 1,704 brands. He has sampled almost every one of these brands.
Largest Per Capita Beer Consumption –
The Czech Republic is listed as having a beer consumption of approximately 35
gallons of beer per person, almost twice that of the USA.
Largest Volume of Beer Consumed – The USA holds the record for the
greatest volume of beer consumed, measured at 6,439,000 gallons, with an average
consumption of 23.5 gallons per person.
Beer Bar with the Largest Selection of Beer in the World – In 2002, Dave
Alexander of the Brickskeller, Washington, DC, received a Guinness World Record
certificate for having the largest selection of beer in the world, a total of
1,072 different beers.
World’s Largest Pub Crawl – Confirmation of the record set in June 2005,
arrived on February 14, 2006, for the largest pub crawl in Maryborough,
Queensland, Australia. In order to meet qualification standards, 1,198 of the
total Maryborough population of 26,000 were required to visit 10 pubs in 6
hours, and drink at least one drink (alcoholic or not), at each pub. A stamped
card was carried and submitted by each participant.
Drinking the Fastest Liter of Beer – On June 22, 1977, Steven Petrosino
broke the World Record for drinking 1 liter of beer in 1.3 seconds at the
Gingerbreadman in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. The previous record was held by
Peter Dowdeswell of the United Kingdom, who drank 1 liter in 2.3 seconds.
Drinking the Most Beer in 5 Minutes – Eric Lean of Crowley, United
Kingdom hold the Guinness World Record for drinking 7.75 imperial pints of beer
in 5 minutes. The record was set in January, 2003.
Drinking Fastest 3 Pints – The world
record for drinking the fastest 3 imperial pints of a liquid was set by Barry
Wilson of Stroud, United Kingdom, in December, 2002, when he consumed 3 pints of
beer in 31 seconds.
Strongest Beer in the World – Since 2002, the Guinness Book of World
Records has listed Samuel Adams as brewing the strongest beer in the
world. Utopias, brewed by Boston Beer Company, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA, holds the current record, as a 50 proof beer, having 25.0%
alcohol by volume.
World’s Strongest Bottle Conditioned Beer – Dogfish Head Olde School
Barley Wine, brewed by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Delaware, USA,
with 15.04% alcohol by volume.
World’s Strongest Belgian Beer - Dogfish Head Raison D’Extra, brewed by
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Delaware, USA, with 20.0% alcohol by volume.
First Beer Museum in the World – The Brewery Museum Ref. No. 58, Pilsen,
Czech Republic opened 1958.
Longest Working Bartender – Angelo Cammarata of West View, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA began working as a bartender on April 7, 1933 when beer was
ten cents per glass. In 2003, he was granted a certificate by Guinness World
Records for 71 years of tending bar.
Largest Aluminum Drink Can – A reproduction of a can of Draught Guinness,
fashioned by O’Brien Aluminum for Guinness Australasia in 1999, measured 14 feet
9 inches high, 5 feet 10 inches wide, and weighed 661.39 pounds. It could hold
7,625 pints of beer.
Fastest Beer Bottle Opening – On April 2, 1999, a team of three members,
led by Alois Unertl of the Unertl Brewery, Munich, Germany, succeeded in opening
300 bottles of beer in 1 minute 47 seconds on the set of Guinness Die Show
der Rekorde. Each member opened 100 bottles, relay style, using a specially
designed bottle opener.
Beer Keg Balancing – John Evans of the United Kingdom holds the Guinness
World Record for balancing 11 empty beer kegs, weighing 339 pounds, on his head
for 10 seconds. His record was set on June 15, 1998.
Balancing Pints of Beer – John Evans of the United Kingdom holds the
Guinness World Record for balancing 235 pints of beer on his head, set September
7, 2002 in Dessau, Germany.
Largest Beer Vat in the World - built by the Meux Brewery, London, UK in
1795. Made of wood and enormous cast iron hoops, it held 860,000 gallons of
porter.
Greatest Flood of Beer – In October, 1814, one of the largest vats at
Meux Brewery exploded, sending a flood of porter into the streets. The vat was
constructed of wood, and was held together by 29 cast iron hoops, each weighing
500 pounds. Capacity of the vat was 126,000 gallons, and created a flood of beer
that caused another vat holding 76,000 gallons to collapse. Eight people died
through drowning, drunken poisoning, or injuries beyond the scope of the medical
community at the time.
