The U.S. Beer Drinking Team Reminds You to Raise the Beer Flag and Celebrate with Beer this Father’s Day by Buying Your Dad a Beer

The U.S. Beer Drinking Team reminds you to raise the beer flag and celebrate with beer this Father’s Day by buying your dad a beer.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) June 10, 2006

The U.S. Beer Drinking Team reminds you to raise the beer flag and celebrate with beer this Father’s Day by buying your dad a beer.

“As a boy, I remember sitting on my father’s lap sipping my soda as he was drinking a beverage that only he could enjoy ~ beer!”, stated Bill Krejci, Coach of the U.S. Beer Drinking Team. “How many of us can remember this scene. Beer is the great socializing beverage.

Throughout history, to share a beer with or ‘buy someone a beer’ has meant, ‘let’s talk about life’. Since Father’s Day is a day to honor the father figures in your life, you should also include all people who act as your father figures (this includes single mothers).

Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male role models are all to be honored on Father's Day. It would be a great way to catch up on your lives. If your dad or father figure has passed away, raise a mug of beer in his honor as millions have done before.”

“Although a day honoring the father with beer has been the part of world history for over 300 years, the evolution of a holiday called Father’s Day in the United States has a definite starting point.”, Krejci noted, “Creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in the great beer city of Spokane, Washington in the early 1900’s. The idea of Father's Day came to the mind of Sonora Smart while listening to a sermon on Mother's Day in 1909.

After her mother died, she and her siblings were raised by her father, William Smart. Sonora wanted to tell the world how great her father was. She chose the 19th of June, 1910 to be Father’s Day in Spokane.

As news of the local celebration grew, it became popular around the country. A Joint Resolution of Congress first recognized Father's Day in 1956 and then in 1966 President Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June, and it continues today.”

The USBDT, Beer Radio and the “Beer Entertainment” Industry

The U.S. Beer Drinking Team (USBDT) is the first and only beer lifestyle community for American beer drinkers. As a brand independent organization, the USBDT celebrates the taste, history and social aspects of beer as the oldest, most diverse and widely consumed beverage in the world. The USBDT always says, “Raise the beer flag, and celebrate with beer!"

Beer Radio is the first nationally syndicated and podcast “beer lifestyle” radio program dedicated to 300 million beer drinkers in the USA and around the world. Beer Radio broadcasts lifestyle interests that focus on food, travel, entertainment, health and fitness.    Beer Radio is hosted by industry veteran Ray “Red Star” Hoffman with co-host Tim “The Beer Man” Gallagher. Beer Radio’s theme is the constant and never ending search for your best beer on your best day with your best beer buddies.

With more than 90 million passionate beer drinking Americans spending over $84 billion dollars on "beer entertainment" in 2005, beer plays a major part in the American entertainment industry. During this same time period Americans spent only $10 billion on "motion picture entertainment" box office ticket sales. Directly and indirectly, the American beer industry provides over $162 billion in economic impact to the USA, employs over 1.7 million Americans, providing them with over $53 billion in wages and benefits. The American beer industry includes more than 2,400 brewers and beer importers, nearly 2,000 beer wholesalers and 550,000 retail establishments. The U.S. Department of Labor found their wages to be among the highest of 350 industries surveyed. The American beer industry provided over $30 billion in business, personal and consumption taxes, including over $5 billion in excise taxes in 2004. Worldwide beer sales totaled over $412 billion dollars in 2005. The beer industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the last decade to promote responsible consumption of beer.

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For more information about LTme lifestyle brands, licensing, sponsorship and event marketing opportunities contact:

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Director of Event Marketing/Sponsorship                     

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(410) 744-4369                                

http://www.USBDT.com

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LT Media Entertainment, The United States Beer Drinking Team, Beer Radio, Beer Hall of Fame and University of Beer, remind you to: "Celebrate with beer!(TM) … and Think B4U Drink(TM)!"

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