10 beer quotes everyone should know

Posted by Gadreel - 14/01/10 at 01:01:03 am

10. “A bar is better than a newspaper for public discussion.” Jim Parker

9. “I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night.” Greek proverb

8. “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” Tom Waits

7. “People who drink light ‘beer’ don’t like the taste of beer; they just like to pee alot.” Capital Brewery

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

5. “Work is the curse of the drinking class.” Oscar Wilde

4. “Beer will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no beer.” Freddie Freak

3. “A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” Czech Proverb

2. “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” Frank Zappa

1. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Benjamin Franklin

Amsterdam February Beerup

Posted by Meetup - 10/01/10 at 12:01:40 pm

Amsterdam Beer Meetup Group

The Old Nickel happens to be Amsterdam's only beer hotel (but we'll stick to the large cafe area). 2 minutes from CS, the cafe is decorated with wood-carvings and paneling from the Captain's quarters of the 17th century ship of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Join us as we try not to get sea sick while we sample beers from the 70+ menu.

Amsterdam - Netherlands

Thursday, February 4 at 8:00 PM

Attending: 33

Details: http://www.meetup.com/beerpub/calendar/11826491/

14 beer facts everyone should know

Posted by Gadreel - 10/01/10 at 09:01:41 am

1. It was the accepted practice in Babylon, 4,000 years ago, that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the “honey month,” or what we know today as the “honeymoon.” Continue reading 14 beer facts everyone should know…

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