Might be a goal for some members... But don't worry Rusty, I won't mention you by name.
* Fastest beer coaster flipper: Dean Gould, United Kingdom, flipped 800 coasters in 41 seconds. During the same night, he caught 35 in a row while blindfolded. Gould owns a dozen other Guinness world records.
* Most beer pints balanced on one's head: 237, John Evans, United Kingdom. Evans, the world's pre-eminent head-balancer (see his Web site at www.headbalancer.com), has also balanced a Mini Cooper on his head.
* Fastest one-liter chug: 1.3 seconds, by Steven Petrosino, Carlisle, Pa., set in 1977. (Guinness no longer lists beer-consumption records.)
* Most beer consumed in 5 minutes: 7.75 imperial pints (about 13 12-ounce bottles), Eric Lean of the United Kingdom.
* Most beer consumed in one sitting: 119 bottles in 6 hours, Andre Rene Roussimoff, aka pro wrestler Andre the Giant, weight 565 pounds, now deceased. (Source: Modern Drunkard magazine.)
* Largest beer pyramid: 63,365 cases, built in the Netherlands.
* Largest collection of beer coasters: 152,860 varieties, owned by Leo Pisker, of Langenzersdorf, Austria.
* Largest beer festival: 6.5 million attendees, Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany.
* Bitterest beer: The Hop, by Pitstop Brewer, United Kingdom, measuring 323 international bittering units. ("Triple-hopped" Miller Lite measures about 10 IBUs.)
* Bitterest beer, American: Founders Devil Dancer, 200 IBUs.
* Biggest beer-can collection: 70,000-plus, by Jeff Lebo, Etters, Pa. He built an entire house to store the cans.
* Biggest beer bottle collection: 16,000, currently housed at Carlsberg Brewery, Denmark.
* Biggest beer selection, bar: 2,000-plus varieties, Delirium Café, Brussels.
* Biggest draft beer selection: 250 taps, Yard House, Long Beach, Calif.
* Biggest beer selection, festival: 2,238 varieties, Great American Beer Festival, Denver, (expected at 2010 festival).
* Most expensive bottle of beer: Lowenbrau, salvaged from the wreck of the Hindenburg, and sold in a 2009 auction for £11,021.50 (about $17,000).
* Fastest beer coaster flipper: Dean Gould, United Kingdom, flipped 800 coasters in 41 seconds. During the same night, he caught 35 in a row while blindfolded. Gould owns a dozen other Guinness world records.
* Most beer pints balanced on one's head: 237, John Evans, United Kingdom. Evans, the world's pre-eminent head-balancer (see his Web site at www.headbalancer.com), has also balanced a Mini Cooper on his head.
* Fastest one-liter chug: 1.3 seconds, by Steven Petrosino, Carlisle, Pa., set in 1977. (Guinness no longer lists beer-consumption records.)
* Most beer consumed in 5 minutes: 7.75 imperial pints (about 13 12-ounce bottles), Eric Lean of the United Kingdom.
* Most beer consumed in one sitting: 119 bottles in 6 hours, Andre Rene Roussimoff, aka pro wrestler Andre the Giant, weight 565 pounds, now deceased. (Source: Modern Drunkard magazine.)
* Largest beer pyramid: 63,365 cases, built in the Netherlands.
* Largest collection of beer coasters: 152,860 varieties, owned by Leo Pisker, of Langenzersdorf, Austria.
* Largest beer festival: 6.5 million attendees, Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany.
* Bitterest beer: The Hop, by Pitstop Brewer, United Kingdom, measuring 323 international bittering units. ("Triple-hopped" Miller Lite measures about 10 IBUs.)
* Bitterest beer, American: Founders Devil Dancer, 200 IBUs.
* Biggest beer-can collection: 70,000-plus, by Jeff Lebo, Etters, Pa. He built an entire house to store the cans.
* Biggest beer bottle collection: 16,000, currently housed at Carlsberg Brewery, Denmark.
* Biggest beer selection, bar: 2,000-plus varieties, Delirium Café, Brussels.
* Biggest draft beer selection: 250 taps, Yard House, Long Beach, Calif.
* Biggest beer selection, festival: 2,238 varieties, Great American Beer Festival, Denver, (expected at 2010 festival).
* Most expensive bottle of beer: Lowenbrau, salvaged from the wreck of the Hindenburg, and sold in a 2009 auction for £11,021.50 (about $17,000).