Notable Quotables

“In America, the drunkard is no patron of the brewer; he is not willing to distend his stomach, lose his time, pay five times as much to get intoxicated, as he must, if uses beer instead of ardent spirits.”
--- Lancelot Fidler*, Albany NY brewer, 1836

*A contemporary, and, some sources claim, one-time partner of famed ale brewer, Peter Ballantine, in the Albany brewery firm of Fidler, Ryckman & Co.

 

Boy how times have changed. No shortage of haze bros crushing 40 dollars worth of beer every night of the weekend. I would know, because I'm one of them. Cheers.

 

"I like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow"
Tom T. Hall

 

“God made beer because he loves us and wants us to be happy.” - not Ben Franklin

 

Relax, don't worry, have a home-brew. Charlie Papazian

 

"Good people drink good beer." - Hunter S. Thompson

 

A couple from the late Don Younger:

It's not about the beer, it's about the beer.

Replying to a comment about his large tab at Falling Rock during GABF: I didn't come to fucking spectate!

 

"I like to have a Martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table
After four I'm under my host"

- Dorothy Parker (supposedly)

 

“Beer: its not just for breakfast anymore” tee shirt from Schlafly Brewing, St Louis

 

“They Speak Of My Drinking, But Never Of My Thirst”

An early example of what would become some of The Menzingers' favourite lyrical themes: alcohol abuse, mental illness, pharmaceutical capitalism, and the intersections of all three.

I somehow relate.,.

 

"There are two kinds of beer. Warm and cold. I like them both."

A colleague at work said this was from his grandfather. Where he got it from, who knows.

 

Incredible band, seeing them again next month