It’s International Beer Day!! Quick, have a beer from every country. Ok – maybe not a great idea. But today IS a great day to go try something new from a land far, far away. Be bold – be different … like maybe Tiger Beer from Singapore; Red Stripe from Jamaica; Chimay from Belgium; Tusker from Kenya; Golden Eagle from India; or Back Forty Freckle Belly from Alabama. Wherever your global taste buds go today, we thought we’d give you a handy guide for how to say the two most important words in a buncha different languages: “Beer” and “Cheers.” For your reading pleasure …
| Language | Beer | Cheers |
| Afrikaans | bier | Gesondheid |
| Albanian | birrë | Gëzuar |
| Azerbaijani | pivo | Nuş olsun |
| Bulgarian | bira | Наздраве |
| Catalan | cervesa | Salut |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | pi jiu | gān bēi |
| Croatian | pivo | Živjeli |
| Czech | pivo | Na zdravi |
| Danish | øl | Skål |
| Dutch | bier | Proost |
| English | beer, ale | Cheers! |
| Estonian | õlu | Terviseks |
| Finnish | olut, kalja | Kippis |
| French | bière | Santé |
| Galician (Galego) | cerveja / cervexa | Salud |
| German (High) | Bier | Prost |
| Greek | mpíra (bira), zýthos | ΥΓΕΙΑ |
| Hawaiian | pia | Å’kålè ma’luna |
| Hungarian | sör | Fenékig |
| Icelandic | öl, bjór | Skál |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | beoir | Sláinte |
| Italian | birra | Salute |
| Japanese | biiru | Kanpai |
| Korean | mek-ju | 건배 |
| Latvian | alus | Prosit |
| Lithuanian | alus | į sveikatą |
| Macedonian | pivo | На здравје |
| Norwegian (bm & nn) | øl | Skål |
| Polish | piwo | Na zdrowie |
| Portugese | cerveja | Saúde |
| Romanian | bere | Noroc |
| Russian | pivo | Будем здоровы |
| Serbian | pivo | živeli |
| Slovak | pivo | Na zdravie |
| Slovene | pivo | Na zdravje |
| Spanish | cerveza | Salud |
| Swedish | öl | Skål |
| Tagalog (Pilipino) | serbesa | Mabuhay |
| Thai | bia | Chok dee |
| Turkish | bira | Şerefe |
| Ukrainian | pivo | будьмо |
| Vietnamese | bia | Dô |
| Welsh | cwrw | Iechyd da |
| Yiddish | bir | Sei gesund |
Now get out there and stamp that beer passport!
