The top five states for beer consumption per capita: 1. North Dakota, 2. New Hampshire, 3. Montana, 4. South Dakota 5. Wisconsin, according to Mental Floss
The Code of Hammurabi decreed that bartenders who watered down beer would be executed. Beer soup was a common breakfast in medieval Europe. Thomas Jefferson wrote parts of the Declaration of Independence in a Philadelphia tavern.
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