Oh, it’s beer, beer, beer, that makes you want to cheer …

Tomorrow we’re having a “Beer Fest” at the Consortium, in lieu of going to Brew at the Zoo or the Great American Beer Festival.  Not sure how many we’ll be, but there will be Interesting Beers to be had.

To which end, some WIST quotations on the subject:

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer! (There is no beer in heaven, so let us drink it here.)

— Martin Luther – Attributed

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.

— Dave Barry – Dave Barry’s Bad Habits (1993)

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

— Ben Franklin – Attributed

SMART GUY 1: The thing that the modern-day pundits fail to realize is that all the socioeconomic and psychological problems inherent in modern society can be solved by the judicious application of way too much beer.
BUFFY: My mother always said beer is evil.
SMART GUY 1: Evil, good — these are moral absolutes that predate the fermentation of malt and fine hops.

— Tracey Forbes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ep 4.05 “Beer Bad” (2 Nov 1999)

XANDER: And was there a lesson in all this, huh? What did we learn about beer?
BUFFY: Foamy!
XANDER: Good. Just as long as that’s clear.

— Tracey Forbes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ep 4.05 “Beer Bad” (2 Nov 1999)