Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love […]

“It is a fair wind that blew men to the ale.” Washington Irving

“For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.” Shakespeare (Winter’s Tale, Act iv, scene ii)

“Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.” Ambrose Bierce

“In heaven, there is no beer, so we drink it here.” Trappist Monk proverb

“Beer should be enjoyed with the right mixture of abandon and restraint.” MFK Fisher

“Smithers, this beer isn’t working. I don’t feel any younger or funkier.” C. Montgomery Burns

“Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.” Egyptian Proverb

“Beer he drank, seven goblets. His spirit was loosened. He became hilarious. His heart was glad and his face shone.” Gilgamesh

“Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.” G.K. Chesterton