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A beer mile is a 1-mile (1.6 km) drinking race combining running and speed drinking. Typically, the race takes place on a standard 400-metre or 1/4-mile running track . The race begins at the 1-mile starting line with the consumption of a 12-US-fluid-ounce (355 ml) beer , followed by a full lap around the track.
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2024 edition, it is now in its 69th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database.
Drinking a yard glass full of beer is a traditional pub game in the UK. Some ancient colleges at Oxford University have sconcing forfeits. [6] While it is popularly said that former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke was previously the world record holder for the fastest drinking of a yard of beer, Hawke did not set a world beer drinking ...
1040; 985 years ago () (claimed; first known-valid record: 1675; 350 years ago ()) Annual production volume 382,341 hectolitres (325,819 US bbl ) in 2021 [ 1 ]
There were 9,300 beer entries submitted in 110 categories, according to the World Beer Cup. The brews were judged blindly by 280 industry judges representing 37 countries.
Peter Dowdeswell, born in London on 29 July 1940, is an English gourmand. He is among the most successful competitive eaters in the recorded history of the sport. [1] During the period when the Guinness Book of World Records kept data, Dowdeswell held more speed records than any other person, including records for the drinking of ale and the eating of eggs (hard-boiled, soft-boiled, and raw ...
Beer drinkers also continued to shift toward more expensive beer brands, especially imports like Modelo Especial, which became the No. 1 beer in America in 2023.