October 2011
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Holidays 10.31
Allantide (Cornwall, UK) Apple & Candle Night (Wales) Beggar’s Night Books For Treats Day Caramel Apple Day Carve a Pumpkin Day Dookie Apple Night (Newcastle, UK) Festival of Inner Worlds Halloween Increase Your Psychic Powers Day La Saoire i mi Dheireadh Fomhair [Last Monday] Magic Day National Keg Day National Knock-Knock Day National UNICEF Day Nevada Statehood Day...
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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“For fear that one drink will be lonesome, take another to keep it company, and...”
–  Anonymous
Oct 31st
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Holidays 10.30
Buy-A-Doughnut Day Cabbage Night Candy Corn Day Checklists Day Covenant of Grace Day Create a Great Funeral Day Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (for Soviet Republics, except Ukraine) Devil’s Night (Michigan) Frankenstein’s Monster Day Haunted Refrigerator Night Look in the Back of Your Refrigerator Day Mischief Night National Forgiveness Day Pumpkin Day ...
Oct 31st
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“Save the Earth … It’s the only planet with beer.”
–  Anonymous, seen on a t-shirt
Oct 30th
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Holidays 10.29
Festival of Global Climate Change Frankenstein Friday [Friday nearest Halloween] Hide From Everyone Day (a.k.a. Hermit Day) Independence Day (Turkey; from Ottoman Empire, 1923) Internet Day Laugh Suddenly For No Reason A Lot Today Day National Cat Day National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day Oatmeal Day World Psoriasis Day
Oct 29th
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“The government will fall that raises the price of beer.”
–  Czech proverb
Oct 29th
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Holidays 10.28
Bhai Dooj (India) Bhai Tika (Nepal) Folly Day Frankenstein Day [Last Friday] Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Pledge Day; Indonesia) Independence Day (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic; from Austria-Hungary, 1918) International Animation Day National Bandana Day National Breadstix Day National Chocolate Day National Tell-a-Story Day Nevada Day [Last Friday] Ochi! Day (Greece) Part Your...
Oct 28th
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“Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no...”
–  Queen Victoria, English Monarch, 1819-1901
Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Holidays 10.27
American Beer Day Big Bang Day Bring Your Jack-O-Lantern Day Cranky Co-Workers Day Good Beer Day Independence Day (Saint Vincent & Grenadines; from UK, 1979) Independence Day (Turkmenistan; from USSR, 1991) National Potato Day Navy Day Radio Day Wild Foods Day World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Oct 27th
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“They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst.”
–  Scottish proverb
Oct 27th
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Holidays 10.26
Angam Day (Nauru) Horseless Carriage Day Independence Day (Austria; from Allies of WW2, 1955) International Red Cross Day Ludi Victoriae Sullanae begins (Old Rome; until November 1) Lung Health Day [Last Wednesday] Mule Day National Mincemeat Pie Day Planet-Wide Moon Howl Pumpkin Day Universal Children’s Day (Australia) [4th Wednesday]
Oct 26th
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“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”
–  Frank Sinatra
Oct 26th
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Holidays 10.25
Cartoonists Against Crime Day Day of the Basque Country Dioscuri (Shoemaker’s Day) Feast of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Mother-In-Law Day National Greasy Foods Day Punk-For-A-Day Day Say “Hey” Day Sourest Day World Pasta Day
Oct 25th
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“I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.”
–  Dean Martin
Oct 25th
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Holidays 10.24
Feast of Good & Plenty Food Day [ website ] Independence Day (Zambia; from UK, 1964) International School Library Day Labor Day (New Zealand) [4th Monday] Maladay (Discordian) National Bologna Day Suez Day (Egypt) Telegram Day United Nations Day World Development Information Day (UN)
Oct 24th
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“A good beer is the host’s honor, a full glass is the guest’s...”
–  German beer stein inscription
Oct 24th
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Holidays 10.23
Boston Cream Pie Day Canning Day Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) Exaltation of the Shellfish (Pontevedra, Spain) [4th Sunday] Festival of Forgotten Gods iPod Day Mole Day (Chemists) Mother-In-Law Day [4th Sunday] National Canned Food Day Swallows Leave Capistrano Day TV Talk Show Host Day
Oct 24th
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“I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don’t feel like a...”
–  Richard Harris
Oct 23rd
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Holidays 10.22
Eat a Pretzel Day Feast of Fools Festival of the House of Mercy INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY International Stuttering Awareness Day Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Eras; Kyoto, Japan) Make a Difference Day [4th Saturday] National Barber’s Day National Color Day National Nut Day Pit Bull Awareness Day World’s End Day (Millerism)
Oct 22nd
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“I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.”
–  Richard Burton
Oct 22nd
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WatchWatch
Here’s a fun video about craft beer’s struggles to get to market. It’s a student film by a Michael Jolly, done for his “Motion Graphics class. It’s an animated info graphic concerning American Craft Beer. I created all artwork, narration, and animation myself. Hope you enjoy it…And drink craft beer!” He’s titled it: Craft Beer: A True Underdog Story.
Oct 22nd
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Holidays 10.21
Apple Day (UK) Babbling Day Caramel Apple Day Count Your Buttons Day Festival of Parlor Shamanism Global Iodine Deficiency Day International Day of the Nacho (Mexico/US) Make a Difference Day National Mammography Day National Shut-In Day Overseas Chinese Day Pop Rocks Day Pumpkin Cheesecake Day Reptile Awareness Day Take Time & Watch the Sunset Day Trafalgar Day...
Oct 21st
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“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that....”
–  Drew Carey
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Holidays 10.20
Air Traffic Control Day Birth of the Bab (Baha’i) Brandied Fruit Day Change Your Oil Day Feast of No Excuse For a Feast Get Smart About Credit Day [3rd Thursday] Get To Know Your Customer Day [3rd Thursday] Information Overload Awareness Day International Chefs Day [ website ] International Credit Union Day [3rd Thursday] International Juan Valdez Appreciation Day ...
Oct 20th
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“A bottle of beer contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.”
–  Louis Pasteur
Oct 20th
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Holidays 10.19
Armilustrium (Ancient Roman festival to Mars) Evaluate Your Life Day Feast of the Wicked Scam Hagfish Day [3rd Wednesday] Medical Assistants Recognition Day Missouri Day [3rd Wednesday] Seafood Bisque Day Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Yorktown Day
Oct 19th
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“It never rains in the brewhall.”
–  Old German saying
Oct 19th
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Holidays 10.18
Alaska Day Boost Your Brain Day Chocolate Cupcake Day Festival of Poetic Terrorism Independence Day (Azerbaijan; from Russia, 1918) No Beard Day Pandrosos (Greek all-refreshing Goddess) Persons Day (Canada) St. Luke the Apostle’s Day (patron saint of brewers) World Menopause Day
Oct 19th
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“Of course one should not drink much, but often.”
–  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Oct 18th
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Holidays 10.17
Big Yellow Hat Day Black Poetry Day Boss’s Day [October 16 or nearest work day] Cake Decorating Day Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day Gaudy Day (a.k.a. Wear Something Gaudy Day) Hurricane Thanksgiving Day (Virgin Islands) [3rd Monday] Kanname-Sai Harvest Festival (Japan) Loyalty Day (Argentina) Mulligan Day International Day For the Eradication of Poverty (UN) National...
Oct 18th
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Holidays 10.16
Bells Across America for Fallen Firefighters Bridge Day (West Virginia) Department Store Day Dictionary Day Fall Astronomy Day Feral Cat Day International Credit Union Day Maintenance Personnel Day National Liqueur Day World Food Day (UN)
Oct 16th
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“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
–  Oscar Wilde
Oct 16th
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Holidays 10.15
Chicken Cacciatore Day Dine With TV Dinners On the Floor Night Equirria (October equus, sacrifice of a horse to Mars; Old Roman Empire) Frabjous Day [3rd Saturday] Global Handwashing Day International Day of Rural Women (UN) Mertz of All Possible Mertzes Mushroom Day National Boss Day [weekday closest to 16th] National Grouch Day National Roast Pheasant Day National Shut-In...
Oct 15th
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“My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right...”
–  Henny Youngman
Oct 15th
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Holidays 10.14
Be Bald and Be Free Day Chocolate-Covered Insects Day International Top Spinning Day National Dessert Day National Frump Day Peace Corps Day Quarrel Festival (Japan) Ride A Bicycle Somewhere Day Vinternatsblot World Egg Day [2nd Friday] World Standards Day
Oct 15th
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“Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud. It is...”
–  Roger Q. Mills, Texas Congressman, 1887
Oct 14th
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Holidays 10.13
Clean the Crumbs Out of the Broiler Oven Day English Language Day Festival of Unmediated Play Fontanalia (Old Roman God of Wells & Springs) International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction (UN) International Skeptics Day Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day Modern Mythology Day National Dessert Day [2nd Thursday] Train Your Brain Day White House Day World Sight Day ...
Oct 14th
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“We have nothing to fear … but running out of beer.”
–  FDR’s Head in a Jar, Futurama, 2011
Oct 13th
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Holidays 10.12
Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work & School Day Columbus Day Cookbook Launch Day Day of the Six Billion Dia De La Raza (Mexico) Dia de la Resistencia (Day of Indigenous Resistance) Discovery Day (Bahamas) Emergency Nurses Day Fortuna Redux (Old Roman Goddess of Successful Journeys & Safe Returns) Freethought Day Global Scream Day (30-second scream at 1200 GMT) Gumbo Day ...
Oct 12th
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“Between you and me, Erik, a few pints of Guinness and I can go even faster, you...”
–  Michael Flatley, “Lord of the Dance”
Oct 12th
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Holidays 10.11
Face Your Fears Day Feast of Real Family Values International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction It’s My Party Day Kraken Day Mato Grosso do Sui Day (Braziil) Meditrinalia (Old Roman festival in honor of the new vintage) National Bookkeeper’s Day National Coming Out Day (Everywhere but UK) National Sausage Pizza Day Old Michelmas Day (Celtic) Pulaski Day Vinalia...
Oct 11th
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“I usually need a can of beer to prime me.”
–  Norman Mailer
Oct 11th
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Holidays 10.10
Angel Food Cake Day Bonza Bottler Day Columbus Day observed [2nd Monday] Discoverer’s Day (Hawaii) [2nd Monday] Double Ten Day (Taiwan) Feast of Chains of Transmission Finnish Literature Day Ganging Day Health and Sports Day (Japan) [2nd Monday] Independence Day (Cuba; from Spain, 1868) Independence Day (Fiji; from UK, 1970) Moi Day (Kenya) National Cake Decorating...
Oct 10th
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Holidays 10.9
Clergy Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Ministry Appreciation Day or Pastor Appreciation Day) Curious Events Day Day of National Honor (Peru) Felicitas (Old Roman Goddess of Good Luck & Joy) Give Peace a Chance Day Good Thief Sunday [2nd Sunday] Grandmother’s Day (Florida) [2nd Sunday] Hangul Day (a.k.a. Korean Alphabet Day; South Korea) Independence Day (Guayaquil, Ecuador;...
Oct 10th
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“Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it’s hard to stop...”
–  Billy Carter
Oct 9th
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Holidays 10.8
Alvin C. York Day American Touch Tag Day Bearing of Green Branches (Ancient Athens) Birthday of the Microbrewery Cosmopolite’s Day Fire Prevention Day Independence Day (Croatia; from Yugoslavia, 1991) International Migratory Bird Day [2nd Saturday] National Chess Day National Costume Swap Day National Depression Screening Day National Fluffernutter Day National...
Oct 8th
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“History is important in the brewing industry. But, if you don’t have a history...”
–  Jack McAuliffe, New Albion Brewery founder
Oct 8th