Mac's carries a wide variety of brand name and specialty beers
 If we don't have YOUR favorite just ask and we can get it for you

"I never drink water; 
that is the stuff that rusts pipes" 
 W. C. Fields   

Some Fun Beer Facts:

There are over 200 styles of beer produced throughout the world.

The growth of the specialty (craft or micro) beer segment has resulted in more breweries in the US than any other country in the world.

A 12 oz. beer has fewer calories than two slices of bread and contains no fat.

The average American annually consumes 47.3 gallons of soda, 26.5 gallons of coffee,
and 23.1 gallons of beer.

WHY SIX PACKS?  Pabst was the first brewery to package beer in six packs. After numerous studies, it was determined that six cans was the ideal weight for the average housewife to cart home from the store. Remember that in the '40s things were different from today.

           Beer - A six pack of beer

1.       Beer has been around for thousands of years. It especially became a staple drink in the Middle Ages, when people began to live in cities where close quarters and poor sanitation made clean water difficult to find. The alcohol in beer made it safer to drink than water.

2.       Beer is made when yeast consumes the sugar derived from grain, usually barley-but before barley can be used to make beer, it must be malted, which involves a natural conversion process.

3.       Barley is what gives a cold pot of draught a good 'head'. And the barley variety that delivers the best head of beer to virtually all of the types brewed by Queensland brewers is Tallon, a northern variety developed by scientists from the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) and named after a famous Queensland cricketer, Don Tallon.

4.       A good head on a pot protects the beer's flavour from atmospheric oxygen, which quickly destroys the taste. And it's also crucial in delivering that yeasty, hoppy aroma that beer drinkers love. But what most beer drinkers don't realise is the amount of science that is poured into getting a head of beer 'just right'.

5.       Scientists from DPI&F know how infinitesimal changes in the malting specifications of barley can turn a good head into a not-so-good-one. They work closely with brewers to ensure that barley varieties are exactly right and consider this to be the most important part of their value-adding research program. And with sixty per cent of the beer drunk in Australia produced from northern barley varieties, they seem to be getting it right.

6.       And finally in the words of the late great Slim Dusty, 'there's nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer'.

Think that you're REALLY a beer expert?  Take the challenge and find out!!
1. A pilsner is  .
(a) the world's most popular beer style; (b) a resident of the Czech town of Pilsen; (c) a tall beer glass with a short stem and a funnel-shaped bowl; (d) all of the above.

2. The primary ingredients needed to brew are water, grain, hops and .
(a) sugar; (b) flour; (c) yeast; (d) sauerkraut juice.

3. By strict definition a microbrewery can produce no more than barrels of beer each year.
(a) 500; (b) 1,000; (c) 15,000; (d) 50,000.

4. Imported beer is big business, but domestically produced beer still accounts for more than of American beer consumption.
(a) 38%; (b) 51%; (c) 68%; (d) 94%.

5) One of the reasons the Pilgrims chose to land at Plymouth, Massachusetts, rather than going on to Virginia as planned was that they were low on .
(a) corn; (b) wine; (c) beer; (d) kitty litter.

6) Storing beer to mellow or ripen is known as .
(a) lagering; (b) hopping; (c) marrying; (d) malting.

7) Malt is an important ingredient in making beer and distilled spirits. Unless otherwise specified malt is made from dried, sprouted .
(a) alfalfa; (b) corn; (c) barley; d) rice.

8) After being introduced in the early '70s. light beers quickly found acceptance among American consumers. Today, three out of the top five beer brands are lights and light beer accounts for more than of all the beer.
(a) 10%; (b) 22%; (c) 36%; (d) 54%.

9) Anheuser-Busch, Miller and Coors are the dominant forces in the American beer market. The big three have a combined market share of more than .
(a) 42%; (b) 64%; (c) 76%; (d) 88%.

10) The oldest document known to man is an ancient clay table depicting the preparation of beer for sacrificial purposes. This document was inscribed in Babylon around .
(a) 1776; (b) 1066; (c) A.D.; (d) 6000 B.C.

11) It's pretty well-known that Revolutionary patriot Samuel Adams was also a brewer. Another founding father who was also a brewer was.
(a) George Washington; (b) Alexander Hamilton; (c) Benedict Arnold; (d) John Adams.

12) Prior to the development of refrigerated rail cars. all beer was local. The first brewery to translate this technology into a market advantage and develop a national brand was .
(a) Anheuser-Busch; (b) Miller Brewing; (c) Coors Brewing; (d) Stroh.

13) Beer was a favorite of Egyptian royalty, and was served in .
(a) pilsner glasses; (b) golden goblets; (c) papyrus cups; (d) wooden mugs.

14) Hops began to be used in brewing beer in the .
(a) 8th century; (b) 11th century; (c) 13th century; (19th century.

15) The first commercial brewery in the New World was located in.
(a) New Jersey; (b) New York; (c) New Hampshire; (d) New Orleans.

16) In what year did the German beer law, the Reinheitsgebot, take effect?
(a) 1066; (b) 1516; (c) 1812; (d) 1952.

17) The skills necessary for brewing lager beers were brought to America by immigrants from .
(a) Germany; (b) England; (c) China; (d) Austria.

18) The ingredient often referred to as the "soul of the beer" is .
(a) water; (b) malt; (c) hops; (d) corn.

19) For their understanding of how yeast works in beer, brewers are indebted to .
(a) Isaac Newton; (b) Martin Luther; (c) Louis Pasteur; (d) Madam Curie.

20) Lager comes from the German word meaning .
(a) made in wood; (b) bigger than; (c) to store; (d) cabin.

21) Trappist ale was created by
(a) Baron von Trapp; (b) monks; (c) feminists; (d) trappers.

22) Dark beer gets its color from .
(a) food coloring; (b) malted barley; (c) coffee; (d) chocolate.

23) Beer's two greatest enemies are .
(a) spirits and wine; (b) light and temperature; (c) Jesse Helms and Joe Kennedy; (d) soda and coffee.

24) Miller introduced its revolutionary Lite beer in .
(a) 1935; (b) 1957; (c) 1966; (d) 1973.

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Answers: 1 (d); 2 (c); 3 (c); 4 (d); 5 (c); 6 (a); 7 (c); 8 (c); 9 (c); 10 (d); 11 (a); 13 (b); 14 (b); 15 (b); 16 (b); 17 (a); 18 (a); 19 (c); 20 (c); 21 (b); 22 (b); 23 (b); 24 (d).