'Hoppy' Beer Can Appreciation Day! Cheers

If you appreciate a good beer every so often, today may be your lucky day! January 24 is Beer Can Appreciation Day, also known as National Beer Can Appreciation Day and/or International Beer Can Appreciation Day.

Regardless of what you call it, this annual "holiday" commemorates the first day beer was sold in cans back on January 24th, 1935. The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company first distributed it’s Krueger’s Finest Beer to the general public on that date and folks have been sippin’ on suds ever since.

Beer Fun & Facts

• Celebrate Beer Can Appreciation Day with this Beer Can Chicken with Dirty Bird Rub recipe from Rachael Ray.

• Check out this Beer Can Chicken and Baked Potatoes recipe.

• Nutrition - Is beer good for you?

• Learn how to make your own beer!

• Instead of tossing out those beer cans, why not make a Beer Can Pinhole Camerainstead?

In honor of this momentous occasion, raise your glass (or can) and enjoy a great tasting beer! Bottoms up! January 24 is also National Compliment Day!