Welcome to #CheckIn for Tuesday, September 7th

It’s National Beer Lovers Day!
It’s also Brazil Independence Day, and the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah.
L’Shana Tovah. Happy, healthy and sweet new year to all observing.

Do you love beer? I used to, but by a stroke of luck I quit drinking some time before the arrival of Zima, which sounded terrible.
My faves beers were Guinness, Sapporo Black, and Bohemia, but I have to admit I’d drink any beer on offer. I was anything but a beer connoisseur, believe me.
My friends and I frequented a tavern that used to be called the Princess of Wales for a concoction called a Black and Tan, which was a Guinness floated on top of a Harp Lager. It was like watching a magic trick when they poured them. We’d have a lot of them. After I quit drinking, I became their designated driver. Turned out to be incredibly stupid fun, as drunks are easy to prank and manipulate.

Beer is one of the oldest drinks humans have produced. Beer is almost as old as human civilization. Through carbon dating, the earliest recipe can be traced back to Mesopotamia in 5000 B.C. The Code of Hammurabi, the ancient Babylonian set of laws, decreed a daily beer ration to citizens. The drink was distributed according to social standing: laborers received two liters a day, while priests and administrators got five. It’s a wonder that anything got done.

In ancient Egypt, beer was so essential it was treated principally as a type of food - it was consumed daily and in great quantities at religious festivals and celebrations. Beer was an essential for laborers, like those who built the pyramids of Giza, who were provided with a daily ration of 1⅓ gallons (over 10 pints). Yet it still had divine status, with several gods and goddesses associated with beer. Hathor, the goddess of love, dance and beauty, was also appropriately known as ‘The Lady of Drunkenness’.
10 pints! Thats like a blackout weekend for me.

Since that time, nearly every culture around the world has invented its own local brew. Beer forms part of the culture of many nations, and is associated with social traditions such as beer festivals and soccer hooliganism.

Do you like beer? If not, why not? If so, what do you like with beer? Me, I always liked cigarettes or crystal meth. (j/k)
Of course the topic is open, so you can talk about your cat, dog, or laundry if so desired.

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