Kind of funny to see our National Anthem being part of a drink of the day, heh? You won’t be thinking that after reading this story.

The musical score that most of us today know as the “Star-Spangled Banner” was originally written as a drinking song in 1780 by John Stafford Smith as the song, “Anacreon in Heaven”. The original words, which we’re unfamiliar with, were written by Ralph Tomlinson, the President of the Anacreaontic Society of London. Read More >>