The Church is near by the road is icy. The bar is far away but I will walk carefully.– Russian Proverb

What event is more awfully important to an English colony than the erection of its first brewhouse?– Reverend Sidney Smith

Beer has long been the prime lubricant in our social intercourse and the sacred throat-anointing fluid that accompanies the ritual of mateship. To sink a few cold ones with the blokes is both an escape and a confirmation of belonging.– Rennie Ellis

God made yeast, as well as dough, and he loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.– Ralph Waldo Emerson

He was a wise man who invented beer.– Plato

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.– Oscar Wilde

I’ve always thought why no one has made a women’s perfume to smell like beer. I know that would turn me on.– Nate Sampson (aka N8)

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.– Miguel de Cervantes

Women and drink. Too much of either can drive you to the other.– Michael Still

They didn’t trademark everything back then. Now someone farts and they put a TM after it. Even Miller Lite says ‘A Fine Pilsner Beer’ on the label. It is a crime.– Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter