

Steven Petrosino (Lt. Col. USMC Retired) drank 1 liter of beer (33 ounces) in 1.3 seconds on June 22, 1977 at the Gingerbreadman in Carlise, PA, a 56% improvement over the previous world record set several years earlier by Peter Dowdeswell of England (2.3 seconds for 1 liter).

The purpose of this webpage: This web page will chronicle the world record established in 1977 and first recorded in the 1978 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. This record remained undefeated for 14 years, and became a permanent record when Guinness removed all records for beer drinking or alcohol consumption from their record book in 1991. Seventeen years later, In 2008, the records reappeared in the Guinness Book in the "Gross Gastronomy" section. As of August, 2009 (the last update of this website), this record remains undefeated . All other claims to a world beer drinking record by anyone else are spurious.

The night of June 22, 1977. Establishing the World Record.