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May 24, 2012

•      Day 145 of 366; 221 Days Left

Holidays

• Aldersgate Day (Methodism)
• Bermuda Day
• Brother's Day
• Camping with Barry White Day (David Letterman)
• Commonwealth Day (Belize)
• Escargot Day
• European Day of Parks
• Feast of Hermes Trismegistus (patron of alchemy)
• Hug Your Cat Day
• Independence Day (Ecuador; from Spain, 1822)
• Independence Day (Eritrea; from Ethiopia, 1993)
• International Tiara Day
• The Mothers (Celtic Prosperity Festival)
• National Coffee Day (Brazil)
• National Scavenger Hunt Day
• Play Kick the Can With A Kid Day
• World Schizophrenia Day

Brewery Openings

• Piels Brewery (New York; 1883)
• Front Street Alehouse / San Juan Brewing (Washington; 1993)
• Brewerkz (Singapore; 1997)
• Waverly Brewing (Iowa; 2001)
• The Bruery (California; 2008)

Birthdays

• Joseph Theurer (1852)

Events

• National Temperance Convention held (Philadelphia, PA; 1833)
• 1st Anti-Saloon League founded (1893)
• Earliest known ad for Akron Brewing's "new" White Rock Beer (1904)
• Anheuser-Busch broke ground on its Indiana plant (1965)
• Munich Hofbrauhaus broke ground on its Kentucky brewery (2002)

For more dates, visit the Brookston Almanac

Week #20: May 13-19

•      Week 20 of 52; 32 Weeks Left

Weekly Holidays

• Art Week
• National Backyard Games Week
• National Bike Week
• National Effectiveness Week
• National Historic Preservation Week
• National Police Week
• Public Relations Week
• World Trade Week

Beer Weeks

• American Craft Beer Week 14-20
• Albuquerque Beer Week 17-27
• Chicago Beer Week 17-27
• Colorado Beer Week 11-19
• Frederick Beer Week 12-19
• Good Beer Week; Melbourne, Australia 16-22
• Long Island Beer Week 11-20
• San Antonio Beer Week 13-20
• Santa Ynez Valley Craft Beer Week 12-20
• Seattle Beer Week 10-20
• South Shore, Cape & Islands Beer Week 12-19
• Vancouver Beer Week 18-26

For a (hopefully) complete list, visit Beer Weeks

April

Monthly Beer Holidays

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Organic Beer Month

Monthly Holidays

• Autism Awareness Month
• Car Care Month
• Celebrate Diversity Month
• Couple Appreciation Month
• Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
• Grange Month
• Holy Humor Month
• Informed Woman Month
• International Customer Loyalty Month
• International Twit Award Month
• Jazz Appreciation Month
• National Card & Letter Writing Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Humor Month
• National Kite Month
• National Knuckles Down Month
• National Parkinson Awareness Month
• National Poetry Month
• Physical Wellness Month
• Straw Hat Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
• World Habitat Awareness Month

1. Stout (March 2007)
2. Dubbels (April 2007)
3. Milds (May 2007)
4. Local Brews (June 2007)
5. Atmosphere (July 2007)
6. Fruit Beer (August 2007)
7. The Brew Zoo, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Sep 2007)
8. Beer & Food (October 2007)
9. Music & Beer (November 2007)
10. Winter Seasonals (December 2007)
11. Dopplebocks (January 2008)
12. Barleywine (February 2008)
13. Organics (March 2008)
14. Beer People (April 2008)
15. How Did It All Start? (May 2008)
16. Beer Festivals (June 2008)
17. Drinking Anti-Seasonally (July 2008)
18. Happy Anniversary (August 2008)
19. German Bier (September 2008)
20. Beer & Memories (October 2008)
21. Your Favorite Beer (November 2008)
22. Repeal of Prohibition (Dec. 2008)
23. Old & New (January 2009)
24. Tripels (February 2009)
25. Love Lager (March 2009)
26. Smoke 'Em (April 2009)
27. Beer Cocktails (May 2009)
28. Think/Drink Globally (June 2009)
29. Will Travel For Beer (July 2009)
30. Beer Desserts (August 2009)
31. Summer Beers (September 2009)
32. Eastern Beers (October 2009)
33. Framing Beer (November 2009)
34. Stumbling Home (December 2009)
35. New Beer's Resolutions (Jan 2010)
36. Cask Beer (February 2010)
37. The Display Shelf (March 2010)
38. Cult Beers (April 2010)
39. Collaborations (May 2010)
40. Session Beers (June 2010)
41. Homebrewing Inspired (July 2010)
42. A Special Place (August 2010)
43. Welcoming the New Kids (Sep 2010)
44. Frankenstein Beers (October 2010)
45. Wheat Beers (November 2010)
46. An Unexpected Discovery (Dec 2010)
47. Cooking With Beer (January 2011)
48. Bottle, Can, Keg or Cask? (Feb 2011)
49. A Regular Beer (March 2011)
50. How Do They Make Me Buy? (Apr 11)
51. Great Beer & Cheese Off (May 2011)
51.5. GB & C, Part 2 (May 20, 2011)
52. Breweriana (June 2011)
53. Beer Redemption (July 2011)
54. Sour Beer (August 2011)
55. Beer & Labels (September 2011)
56. Thanks to the Big Boys (October 2011)
57. Beery Confessions (November 2011)
58. A Christmas Carol (December 2011)
59. When I Don't Drink Beer ... (Jan. 2012)
60. Growlers Galore! (Feb. 2012)
61. Is Local Beer Better? (March 2012)
62. What Drives Bloggers? (April 2012)
63. The Beer Moment (May 2012)
64. Up Next: Pale in Comparison (Coming June 1, 2012)

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History & Hosting

• Craft Beer By the Numbers (May 17)
• Vienna Lager for Cinco de Mayo (May 3)
• Session Beer Day (April 5)
• Et Tu, Brew-Te? (March 15)
• Locavore Beer (March 1)
• All the Presidents' Beer (February 16)
• Chocolate & Beer (February 2)
• California Beer Month? (January 19)
• New Beer's Resolutions (January 5)
• Bière de Champagne (December 15)
• Gifts For Beer Lovers (December 1)
• Hot, Mulled Beer? (November 17)
• Beer & Spices (November 3)
• A Six-Pack of Ways to Ruin Your Beer (October 19)
• You Don't Know Jack (October 5)
• It's the Water (September 21)
• The Mysteries of Yeast (September 7)
• Malt, The Soul of Beer (August 24)
• Fruit in Beer (August 10)
• The Culture of the Hop (July 27)
• Tis the Saison (July 13)
• The Beers of Summer (June 29)
• Father's Day Beer Ideas (June 15)
• Use A Glass (June 1)
• When Crime Paid — The Pilsner Story (May 18)
• Festival Season (May 4)
• The Great Beer & Cheese-Off (April 20)
• Bock, Bock, Bock (April 6)
• Irish Beer (March 16)
• March Beer (March 2)
• More SF Beer Week Events (February 16)
• SF Beer Week (February 2)
• Big Feet, Foghorns and Barley Wine (January 19)
• The Year's Best Beers (January 5)
• Here We Go A-Wassailing (December 22)
• Saint Nicholas: Patron Saint of Beer (December 8)
• The Pilgrims, Thanksgiving and Beer (Nov. 24)
• Pairing Your Thanksgiving Turkey with Beer (November 10)
• Trick or Treat: Halloween Beers (October 27)
• The Birthday of Craft Beer (October 13)
• The California Trappists (September 22)
• Beerjolais Nouveau (September 8)
• Session Beers (August 25)
• Traditional Wheat Beers (August 14)
• Social Kitchen & Brewery (July 14)
• Summer Beer Reading (June 30)
• SAVORing Beer (June 16)
• Betsey's Belgians (June 2)
• How To Taste Beer (May 19)
• Fritz Maytag sells his Anchor Brewery (May 5)
• Aging Beer (Apr. 28)
• India Pale Ales (Apr. 14)
• Out Like a Lambic (Mar. 31)
• Stout Day (Mar. 17)
• Stout Day (Mar. 17)
• Springtime For Beer (Mar. 3)
• Beer and Food, a Marvelous Pairing (Feb. 17)
• The Uncommon California Common (Feb. 3)



For more of my past columns, see Brooks On Beer

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