You may be familiar with the Periodic Table of the Elements. Let us introduce you to the BEERiodic Table of the Elements!

The designers of this poster have taken the structure and the science from the Periodic Table, and found world class beers to match each element and symbol.

This poster is the brainchild of a high school chemistry teacher and a beer-loving architect. Science and suds. Together, they have made something serious AND fun... they call it "beerious" fun.

These 24"x36" posters will make quite a statement in your barroom or your boardroom... anywhere you want to tell everyone, "I'm smart AND I like beer!"

This is what the authors said about the selection of the beers they included in their table:

What would the Beeriodic Table of the Elements be without beer? Just the Periodic Table of the Elements... we've all "been there and done that", and that's no fun. Add in some beers, and now it's serious AND fun... or "beerious", as we like to call it.

For each of the 109 elements we've selected 109 different beers from 109 different brewers the world over. Some beers on the Beeriodic Table will be easily recognized, no matter where you might live... like Heineken , Beck's, and Guinness. Other beers are quite popular in their respective regions... Fat Tire, Sawtooth Ale, and Easy Street Wheat are all pretty much household names here on the Front Range of Colorado. Likewise, the Pacific Northwest knows and loves Pintail Ale, Redhook ESB, and American Amber from their respective Washington and Oregon brewers. California, of course, is a beer region unto itself, and is well-represented here on the Beeriodic Table. While the Midwest and East Coast may not have the numbers of craft breweries that bless the Rocky Mountain West and West Coast, there's still some respectable brewing going on in those regions... beers like Chicory Stout from Dogfish Head in Delaware, and Uff-da Bock from New Glarus in Wisconsin, to name a few, are world class beers.

When we took to the task of finding beers for the Table, we also wanted to discover and select beers that not everyone is familiar with... like beers brewed only in brewpubs and restaurants in special places the world over. To savor one of these beers, you'd actually have to haul your cookies to the brewpub that brews them. Beers like Cardinal Pale Ale, brewed only at the Bandersnatch Brew Pub in Tempe, Arizona or Wils Pils, found way "down under" at the Bootleg Brewery and Restaurant in Milton, Australia, to name a few.

There's also a few beers represented here on the Table that are brewed in several places, by brewing-restaurant chains in multiple states. Beers like Clearwater Light, a beer you might be likely to find, because there are Hops Restaurants in 15 different US states. Likewise, there's Big Red Ale from Big Horn Brewing/ Ram International Restaurants and Ruby from the McMenamins chain of pubs, restaurants, and hotels in the Pacific Northwest. Each can be savored in many different places.

We at Beeriodic Enterprises, Inc. want to salute those breweries and brewpubs that brew good beer... and not only beers you might have heard of, but beers that keep the tradition of craft brewing alive all over the world. This is "beerious" business!

Pick up a poster of the Beeriodic Table of the Elements today, and begin your search for world class beer; and if you're feeling a little adventurous, why not learn a little bit of science while you're at it?