The great war of 1870 was not between the Germans and the French, but between beer and red wine. When the wine-flask came in contact with the beer-barrel, it was natural for the glass to be shattered. – Arthur Handly Marks, “Berlin: Its Bayonets and Its Beer” (Berlin, 1887 June 14th

There are biological fundamentals in a can of beer, a pool room and a whore house. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. To drink beer is to be human. – Alan D. Eames