“We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.” — Martin Luther

“I don’t have a drinking problem, except when I can’t find a drink.” — Tom Waits

“No, sir: There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.” — Samuel Johnson

“Beer has long been the prime lubricant in our social intercourse and the sacred throat-anointing fluid that accompanies the ritual of mateship. To sink a few cold ones with the blokes is both an escape and a confirmation of belonging.” — Rennie Ellis

“Women and drink. Too much of either can drive you to the other.” — Michael Still

“Why do I drink? So that I can write poetry.” — Jim Morrison

“If my mother was tied up and held for ransom, I might think about making a light beer.” — Greg Koch, Stone Brewing

“You’re all wanking sissies if you even think about using a grain mill, teeth, or ball-peen hammer. A real brewer uses 17 vestal virgins stomping on the grain in a large wooden vat. And yeast is for losers. True brewers just dip one end of their dog into the wort to get things going.” — Drew Avis

“Beer is a wholesome liquor….it abounds with nourishment.” — Dr. Benjamin Rush

“Life begins at 60 — 1.060, that is.” — Denny Conn