Thanksgiving - what you didn't know.

I had no idea that the reason the pilgrims stopped at Plymouth Rock, instead of continuing on up the Hudson River was because they'd run out of beer.

From the manuscript "Of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford, second governor of Plymouth Colony and passenger on the Mayflower: "...For they had been 6 weeks at sea, and had no water, nor beere, nor any woode left, but had burnt up all their emptie caske..."

Here's the actual transcription of the manuscript from Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA).

and thanks to the Indianapolis Star article written by Jason Larrison of HoosierBeerGeek.com  for the info.