10 Fun Facts About Beer

Beer is one of the oldest and most popular American beverages around.  Just about anyone who has consumed any kind of alcohol has probably at the very least tasted beer.  It is one of the most inexpensive yet loved alcoholic beverages in the industry.  Beer comes in hundreds of varieties and flavors, combinations and levels of alcohol contents.  While it is very popular in all areas of the world, people most often only pay attention to it when they are drinking it.  However, there are 10 not so well known facts about beer that are interesting, compelling and would be fun to share with your drinking buddies sometime.

1. Beer and Beards

Any guy out there with a beard or mustache can tell you that it is a real challenge to drink beer. That aside, one such guy with a face full of hair discovered it is possible to collect yeast from his beard to make beer. While yeast is normally collected from rotting bits of nature, the idea of creating it from a man's facial hair is actually quite possible.  Appetizing? Probably not, but feasible nonetheless.

2. Foam: It Isn't So Bad After All

Another distasteful thing to bring up about beer is probably the foam.  Anyone who is a beer lover probably excludes the foam from the equation and kicks it over to the side of downright hatred.  However, the foam is quite necessary.  As a matter of fact, the more foam a beer has the more flavor it will have as well.  Be prepared to drink a tasteless and dull beer if there's no foam lurking at the top.

3. The Family Resemblance Between Beer and Pot

Little do most of us know, but beer and marijuana are actually very similar.  Parts of beer, such as the hops, come from the Cannabaceae family.  Taking a...