Comments on: Beer, the Most Overlooked Invention in History https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history Hanker: To have a strong, often restless desire, in this case for--you guessed it--history! Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Hankering for History https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/#comment-506 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:07:31 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=3396#comment-506 In reply to Hankering for History.

Okay, got a new picture with the corrected quote. Whew, disaster diverted. 🙂

]]> By: Hankering for History https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/#comment-505 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:02:00 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=3396#comment-505 In reply to gnelsongnome.

Hahaha, I for one do not dare bring a beverage such as the aforementioned Bud Light to my lips…it is impure.

I LOVE your pictures…btw.

]]> By: Hankering for History https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/#comment-504 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:59:15 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=3396#comment-504 In reply to Christopher Lowell.

Well that is no good! I will have to see if I can find a more accurate picture, with a proper quote. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Hankering for History https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/#comment-503 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:56:30 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=3396#comment-503 In reply to fakename2.

No doubt salt was a very important invention. I am not very knowledgeable about salt, but I want to say that I read somewhere once that before there were refrigerators, salts helped to preserve meats.

]]> By: Christopher Lowell https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/#comment-502 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:51:10 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=3396#comment-502 In reply to gnelsongnome.

Not a big deal but the Ben Franklin quote is really, “…and wants to see us happy.” Also, despite this witty remark, Ben drank very little beer although he did open a cask of new ale for General Washington when he hosted the general at his home in Philadelphia just before the opening of the Constitutional Convention in May 1787. Ben preferred Madeira and Bordeaux wines. I don’t believe that there’s any record of anybody having seen him under the influence at all. Moderation was, after all, one of Ben’s 13 Virtues!

]]> By: gnelsongnome https://hankeringforhistory.com/beer-the-most-overlooked-invention-in-history/#comment-501 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:32:44 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=3396#comment-501 As an avid beer drinker and home brewer, I would heartily agree that beer is a woefully overlooked invention. Beer has food value and allows humans to be hydrated when much of the water supply was not clean. Perhaps beer would get a better reputation if it wasn’t always identified with giant mass market garbage beer (we won’t mention any names, will we, bud light?)

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