Our… good Home-brewed Beer — which has been very deservedly called “Liquid Bread,” is preferable to any other Beverage during Dinner or Supper… – William Kitchiner (1775–1827), “Wine,” The Art of Invigorating and Prolong

This is no mere beverage, this glass of beer…. It is the grains of the earth growing in the ground under the blazing sun and the night mists of the plains girdling the planet, and of barley seed grown rich and golden. – Frederic A. Birmingham

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. – Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin #happyhour

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