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
If other Germans drink beer, German students swill it. If one is unable to toss off his fifteen glasses in an hour, it is regarded by his fellows as a sign of puerility only less strong than that he has the scar of no duel on his cheek. – Arthur Handly Marks, “Berlin: Its Bayonets and Its Beer” (Berlin, 1887 June 14th