“Beer brewers shall sell no beer to the citizens, unless it be three weeks old; to the foreigner they may knowingly sell younger beer.” — German beer law, 1466

“The selling of bad beer is a crime against Christian love.” — City of Ausburg Law, 13th century

“Light beer is an invention of the Prince of Darkness.” — Inspector Morse (BBC)

“c.” — Die Welt, German newspaper, 1976

“Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.” — Lord Byron

“The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, the fourth for madness.” — Sir Walter Raleigh

“I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.” — Miguel de Cervantes

“There can’t be good living where there is not good drinking.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Real ale fans are just like train-spotters, only drunk.” — Christopher Howse

“Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring.
But who am I that I should have the best of anything?
Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,
…beer is good enough for me.”
— Lord Neaves