beernesday

jack handy stolen from a friend's facebook wall: “Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes & dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than to be selfish and worry about my liver.' ”

from my friend, the king: “God, I’d give anything for a drink. I’d give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer.” – Jack Torrance, The Shining

quotes from march 23rd's beernesday: bridget:  "i'll have one more before i go.... if i have to." me i think:  "any friend of tasha's is a friend of beer"

Craft Beer Locator Beer Fact of the Day: Throughout history, beer has been important. How important? Napoleon said, "On victory, you deserve beer. In defeat, you need it."

“I work until beer o’clock.” - Steven King 

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.” –Ernest Hemingway  

“From man’s sweat and God’s love, beer came into the world.” - Saint Arnold of Metz   The Patron Saint of Brewers 

from bridget's friend nicolle on facebook: "OMG! You have an affinity for beer? You love the lager? You have affection for the amber brew? You've a soft spot for the suds? You're mad for the malts? You're the beloved of the brewski? You're captivated by the cold ones? You're sweet on stouts? You're bewitched by barley pops? I never knew! ;)"

tasha to gwen: "why do you call me a high femme?" gwen: "because you're taller than me!" 20:35 p.m. november 17, 2010

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

“What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?” - W.C. Fields 

“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading" - Paul Hornung  

anonymously left on my tasting notes from this week's beernesday: "There's more to life than hops.  Just sayin'.  There's me."

“24 Hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." –H.L. Mencken”

“Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today." - Edgar Allan Poe

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.” –Arnold Schwarzenegger     

"good people drink good beer" hunter s. thompson

"The way we brew, whatever raw material we use is there because we want the flavours that it brings to the beer.  What the big brewers tend to do, is they've gone down a road of, dare I say, removing flavour from the beer... They add things like rice and maize to give them the sugar that provides the alcohol without adding flavour.  If you listen to their ads, they tell you that their beer tastes cold.  They say the beer tastes crisp.  They don't say it tastes malty or hoppy or you taste the fruitiness of the yeast, all that kind of thing." Rick Dellow quoted in the Vancouver Courier September 17, 2010

"craft beer means different things to different people.  to some, it means high doses of alcohol and copious amounts of hops.  to others, it is typified by well-made, low-alcohol beer served out of a cask.  it is dark, it is light, it is hoppy, it is sour.  the one thing it is not, is mass produced." sean lewis beer advocate #44

brewing with rye, the grain pliny the elder said was "unpleasant to the stomach" "Judging from BeerAdvocate's online reviews and other sources, it appears that at least 500 different beers made with rye have hit American tap handles in just the past decade.  Often, the grain is used to tive a new twist to a classic style... This dabbling has been going on for about 20 years, and not surprisingly, it led to the creation of a singular style known as American Rye beer.  Brewed as either an ale or a lager, the style is much like American Wheat beer, in which the flavor of the grain adds a subtle complexity to barley malt.  Often, it is highly kilned to provide both color and a distinctive, sometimes off-putting, nutty flavor." Don Russell Beer Advocate #44