“A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.” — William Blake

“The best beer is where priests go to drink. For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King.” — William Shakespeare, A Winter’s Tale

Oh, lager beer! It makes good cheer, And proves the poor man’s worth; It cools the body through and through, and regulates the health.

“The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of the eyes.” — Nicholas Culpepper

“If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.” — Jack Handy, SNL

“They who drink beer will think beer.” — Washington Irving

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.” — Abraham Lincoln

“I drink to make other people interesting.” — George Jean Nathan

“Why is American beer served cold?
So you can tell it from urine.”
— David Moulton

“Whoever serves beer or wine watered down, he himself deserves in them to drown.” — Medieval plea for pure libations