“Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer. Then the world seemed none so bad, and I myself a sterling lad. And down in lovely muck I’ve lain, happy — till I woke up again.” — A.E. Housman

“How can I who drink — bitter beer every day of my life — cooly stand up and advise hard working fellow-creatures to take the pledge?” — William Gladstone, on the UK Permissive Prohibitory Bill, 1880

“You could make an argument for Portland being the beer capital of the world. When I come into the airport, I’d like to see a sign that says, ‘Welcome to the Beer Capital.’” — Michael Jackson

“Nothing ever tasted better than a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon with nothing to look forward to than more of the same.” — Hugh Hood

“I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills one-third of our citizens and ruins their families.” — Thomas Jefferson; on beer, 1816

“A little bit of beer is divine medicine.” — Paracelsus, Greek physician

“The awe with which man has regarded this natural process finds spontaneous expression in the fact the animating essence produced by fermentation is identified in language with the essence of human life, both being designated by the term ‘spirit.’” — J.P. Arnold, 1933

“Listening to someone who brews his own beer is like listening to a religious fanatic talk about the day he saw the light.” — Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette

“Mother’s in the kitchen washing out the jugs. Sister’s in the pantry bottling the suds. Father’s in the cellar mixin’ up the hops. Johnny’s on the front porch watchin’ for the cops.” — Prohibition song

“There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says ‘Good people drink good beer.’ Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any public barroom and you will quickly see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about it.” — Hunter S. Thompson