International Beer Day

The International Day of beer (English International Beer Day) takes place annually on the first Friday in August. On this day is celebrated and drank the drink beer world.

Objective

The International Day of the beer has three goals:

• Meet friends get together to enjoy beer.
• The men and women of honor, which brew and serve the beer.
• Together to celebrate the beers of all nations and cultures, and thus to unite the world.

Emergence and dissemination

Was launched the International Day of beer by Jesse Avshalomov, Evan Hamilton, Aaron Araki, Richard Hernandez, Tyler Burton, and Ryland Hale in the U.S. in 2007. Celebrated for the first time in August 2008, he became increasingly in the years following popular. In the year 2011 278 official events were counted in 138 cities and 23 countries, in the following year already 353 official events in 207 cities and 50 countries. 2013 were in many countries around the world nearly 400 events recorded, including in Germany.

Date

Taken has been a day in early August due to the summer weather at this time due to time and distance to other festivities. By 2012, always celebrated on a August 5, he was from 2013 laid on a Friday, as beer and Friday would fit better together.