November 15th - Beer Church's 10th Annual Turkey Bowl was a huge success. We raised nearly $3,000 and piles of food for the West Seattle Food Bank.

150 bowlers and dozens of other supporters turned out to support the cause. Thank you to everyone who attended and to everyone who helped out in any way.

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 Saint Arnold - Patron Saint of Brewers

"From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world" - St. Arnold of Metz.

Saint Arnold was born to a prominent Austrian family in the year 580. Even back in those days the Austrians were famous for their love of beer, and admired for their brewing prowess. Beer was a proud Austrian tradition that was not wasted on young Arnold. Read the story of Saint Arnold.

Cette Bud est Pour Vous

(This Bud is For You)

When considering the many catchy slogans that we have attached to Beer Church over the years, one of my favorites is, “Beer Church – Life is hard, beer is easy.”  Well, the times they are a changing. Beer is no longer so easy. As a matter of fact, it’s gotten quite confusing lately.

It happened. Anheuser Busch was bought by a Belgian company—InBev NV.  Foreigners now own that great American beer institution. In buying Anheuser Busch, for a cool $52 billion, InBev becomes the single largest beer company in the world. 

I have no grudge with Belgium or the Belgian people; however, I must admit that the sound of the French language makes me throw up in my mouth just a little bit. 

“Cette Bud est Pour Vous?” No way, Pierre.

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The Truth About IPA

I have long been a fan of IPA. Back in the day when most people had never heard of craft beer, it was my favorite style of ale. I was an oddball.

Now, it seems that everyone loves IPA. There was a time, not long ago, when people thought you were a beer geek because you knew that IPA was an acronym for India Pale Ale. Nowadays, it seems that everyone knows that much. In fact, almost everyone knows that it was originally a colonial beer formulated to handle the voyage from England to India. The higher hop and alcohol content helped to preserve it for the 6 months the beer would spend at sea before reaching the lips of thirsty, homesick British colonialists.  

If that’s all you know about IPA, then I suppose you deserve a smiley face on your report; however, if you want to consider yourself a real beer geek you need to know more.

Beer is the world’s oldest and most popular libation.

The exact number of beer drinkers in the world is nebulous, but we know for certain that over 35 billion gallons of beer are sold, and assumably consumed, around the world each year. Clearly, there are a lot of us beer lovers.

Beer Church Believes...

Beer Church believes that we beer lovers are part of one very large and diverse social group by virtue of our shared appreciation of beer. Beer Church also believes that beer lovers (and most people in general) want to make the world a better place. Our goal is to unite like-minded individuals with one simple mission­—make the world a better place one beer at a time.

What Beer Church Does...

To date, Beer Church has earned over $40,000 for charity. How? By drinking beer and having fun. With local chapters across the USA and around the world, and with new chapters forming at a consistent and continuous pace, we are steadily fulfilling our mission.

Our Web site provides entertainment and information for people who appreciate beer. It also provides us with a way to organize beer lovers and share our message with the world. We invite you to explore the site, learn more about Beer Church, and let us know what you think.

Check out our About Us pages for more information about Beer Church.