Ale Quote by George Henry Borrow

It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a…

— Herman Melville

Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.

— A. E. Housman

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

Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to…

— Guy de Maupassant

Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

— Jonathan Swift

Blessings of your heart, you brew good ale.

— William Shakespeare

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

— William Shakespeare

It's very British of me, but I'll always choose beer over anything else.

— Francesca Hayward

For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

— William Shakespeare

A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well again for a fine supper drink, is beer.

— M. F. K. Fisher

“Mulled ale for the frozen man, And mulled ale for the weary: For mulled ale is the body's friend And makes the sick heart…

— Frans G. Bengtsson

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…

— Tom Petty