"...June 22, 1977 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania"

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Steven Petrosino (Lt. Col. USMC Retired) drank 1 liter of beer (33 ounces) in 1.3 seconds on June 22, 1977 at the Gingerbreadman in Carlise, PA, a 56% improvement over the previous world record set several years earlier by Peter Dowdeswell of England (2.3 seconds for 1 liter).

	The purpose of this webpage: This web page will chronicle the world record established in 1977 and first recorded in the 1978 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. This record remained undefeated for 14 years, and became a permanent record when Guinness removed all records for beer drinking or alcohol consumption from their record book in 1991. Seventeen years later, In 2008, the records reappeared in the Guinness Book in the "Gross Gastronomy" section. As of August, 2009 (the last update of this website), this record remains undefeated. All other claims to a world beer drinking record by anyone else are spurious. Receive a free video on how you can naturally enhance immune function with a raw organic milk product to protect you against viral infection
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	PICTURES of the World Record   VIDEO CLIPS of the World Record (REPRISED 26 YEARS LATER)

The night of June 22, 1977. Establishing the World Record.

The Guinness World Record was established at the Gingerbreadman bar in Carlisle Pennsylvania (near Dickinson University and the Carlisle War College) where Petrosino was working as a bartender while attending post-graduate school at Penn State University. Petrosino was 25 years old at the time. Time Keepers used three digital watches which had just become commercially available in the United States in early 1977 and cost over $125 each. The time keepers were: Michael A. Barber, Joseph Casserta, and Leo Sweeney. Leo was a representative for Guinness, Ltd. Times of the three timekeepers were averaged to arrive at the official time reported to Guinness.

The record was established for 1/4 liter (0.137 seconds), 1/2 liter (0.4 seconds), and 1 liter of beer (1.3 seconds), but only the 1 liter record was published by Guinness.

The record remained undefeated, and was retired as an undefeated record when Guinness removed all alcohol consumption records from their record book in 1991. Seventeen years later, In 2008, the record reappeared in the Guinness Book in the "Gross Gastronomy" section

Techniques used to establish the World Beer Drinking Record

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PICTURES


Picture 1: 1/2 Liter of beer (2 8.5 ounce glasses) in 0.4 seconds.


Picture 2: Notarizing the signatures of 35 witnesses.


Picture 3: 1/4 Liter of beer (8.5 ounces) in 0.137 seconds.


Picture 4: Posing for picture after consuming 4 pitchers of beer.


VIDEO CLIPS  

View World Record Beer technique on Youtube 2017



View World Record Beer technique on Youtube 2014



View World Record Beer technique on Youtube 2010


View World Record Beer technique on Youtube (2003)


  Reprising the World Record, 26 years later:
The speed drink video recorded directly above was conducted over 26 years after establishing the world beer drinking record on December 18, 2003 at the Old Bag of Nails Pub in Columbus, Ohio.

The speed drink was conducted using a 12-ounce mug and was timed at 0.18 seconds, which is about 0.043 seconds slower than the original world record set in 1977. The other videos above were also recorded using a 12-ounce mug (filled with about 11 ounces of beer, or 1/3 liter). They were recorded 33 and 37 years respectively after setting the world record. There is no existing video of the original record (it would have had to have been done using 8mm video tape) but several newspaper articles and still photographs exist, some of which are displayed above.

 

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