U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for September 29

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL

Profile America — Thursday, September 29th.  Beer lovers in the west are congregating in Denver for the 30th annual Great American Beer Festival, which runs through Saturday.  They had better have tickets before making a long trip, since tickets have been sold out for months.  Some 49,000 people are expected to attend.  They'll be able to sample beers from more than 450 U.S. breweries — a total of nearly 2,200 different brews on tap, a number which puts the festival into the Guinness Book of Records.  Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer each during the course of a year. This compares with 2-1/2 gallons of wine and nearly 1-1/2 gallons of distilled liquor.  Profile America is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau: Measuring America—People, Places, and Our Economy.

Sources:  Chase's Calendar of Events 2011, p. 486

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2011, t. 211

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).  

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau