“He who drinks beer sleeps well. He who sleeps well cannot sin. He who does not sin goes to heaven. Amen.” -Anonymous Monk
The first commercially sold beers were brewed by monks. Until then, people brewed their own beer at home or the neighborhood eatery brewed beer for their patrons who did not have a kitchen of their own. Beer was largely seen as something drunk with food (not to get drunk) and generally had a low alcohol content. Read the rest of this entry »