Ale Quotes

57 quotes by 47 authors

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good… — George Henry Borrow
I should like a great lake of ale, for the King of Kings. I should like the family of heaven to be drinking it through… — Brigit of Kildare
The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of the eyes. — Nicholas Culpeper
Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers Bungiveagh and Bungardilaun… — James Joyce
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale. — George Farquhar
Some brewers of Ale and Beere doe put it into their drinke to make it more heady, fit to please drunkards, who thereby, according to… — Matthias de l'Obel
Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation. — Kin Hubbard
The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must.… — A. E. Housman
The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton," he remarked approvingly. "Sensible Mole!… — Kenneth Grahame
She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted so good as the cool… — Kathleen Winsor
I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for… — Tom Petty
Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as well with seafood as a… — Michael Jackson
Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Blessings of your heart, you brew good ale. — William Shakespeare
"What is your best, your very best, ale a glass?" "Two pence halfpenny," says the landlord, "is the price of the Genuine Stunning Ale." "Then,"… — Charles Dickens
Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink. — Guy de Maupassant
Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale. — A. E. Housman
Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent?… — A. E. Housman
Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby. — Greta Garbo
So laugh, lads, and quaff, lads, twill make you stout and hale; through all my days, I'll sing the praise of brown October ale. — Reginald De Koven

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47 authors contributed a total of 57 Ale Quotes, led by these top contributors: