ARTICLE: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_044
The following is STRAIGHT from some Rolling Rock press materials…
1.) 1933 was the year the US government lifted prohibition
2.) There are 33 words in the pledge on the back of the bottle.
3.) In 1939, the Tito brothers started the Latrobe brewery after they won big betting on the 3rd horse in the 3rd race at the horsetrack.
4.) There are 33 glass line tanks that are use to brew Rolling Rock.
5.) There are 33 mountain streams that are used for water to brew Rolling Rock.
6.) Christ died at age 33.
7.) Adding all of the letters that make up the words in Rolling Rock’s ingredients equals 33, Water, old brewer’s yeast, hops, malt, corn.
8.) 33 steps from the front door to the brew master’s office at the Latrobe brewery.
9.) The original zip code for Latrobe was 00033.
10.) There are 33 letter R’s on the bottle of Rolling Rock.
11.) The first professional football game was held in Latrobe, PA, and the MVP of the game wore the jersey number 33.
12.) Brewery is surrounding by 33 acres of rolling hills and rock formations.
13.) Rolling Rock is to be served at 33 degrees Fahrenheit
14.) 33 is the number three next to the number three, the same as a six pack of Rolling Rock.
15.) There are 33 steps in the Rolling Rock brewing process.
16.) Rolling Rock takes 33 days to brew.
17.) When the brewery opened it employed 33 people.
18.) Ground Hogs day, a day for celebration in Western PA folk lure, is the 33rd day of the year.
19.) 33 marked the bottle that was to be inspected every time a new Rolling Rock liquid was brewed.
20.) Rolling Rock Green painted label bottle is 3.3” in diameter.
21.) The Latrobe brewery consists of three, three story buildings.
22.) The recipe for the Ice Cream Sundae, created in Latrobe, PA, is one banana, three scoops of ice cream with three toppings.
23.) 1933 Art Rooney Sr. Founded the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Rolling Rock partner in Western PA.
24.) Latrobe brewing has33 different recipes for beer, Rolling Rock is number 33.
25.) Latrobe Country Club, just a 3 wood away from the brewery, the third hole is a par 3”
26.) Rolling Rock is served in over 33 countries world wide.
27.) There are 33 water filters that filter the water before brewing.
28.) The race horse on the bottle was number 33.
29.) March 3rd, (3/3) was the day the brewery opened in 1939.
30.) Latrobe’s Historic train station was the 33rd stop for the first Transcontinental railroad, used to ship Rolling Rock to other cities.
31.) The coal miners union stationed in Latrobe, PA is Union number 33
32.) 33 letters in the names of the Tito brothers, who purchased the brewery in 1932, Frank, Ralph, Joseph, Robert, Anthony Tito.
33.) Nobody knows why the 33 is on the bottle.
------------------->> funny how there is only 33 (heh)