Beer is a gift from the goddesses, a soothing balm given our species to bring joy and comfort in compensation for the curse of self-awareness. ALAN D. EAMES AwarenessBeerComfortCompensationCurseGivenGoddessesSoothing
I asked these Indians: “Do men ever make Chicha?” My question was met with gales of laughter. The women howled. Bent over in hilarity, one replied, “Men can’t brew. Chicha made by men would only make gas in the belly. ALAN D. EAMES BellyBentBlewChichaEverGasHilarityHowlIndianMakeMetReply
It was this appetite for beer-making material that led to crop cultivation, permanent settlement and agriculture. ALAN D. EAMES AgricultureAppetiteBeerCropMakeMaterialSettlement
Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. ALAN D. EAMES AlterBeerPreserveSacredSubstance
Anyone who has ever walked upright has loved beer, celebrated over it, told talks over it, hatched plots over it, courted over it. ALAN D. EAMES AnyoneBeerCelebrateCountHatchOverPlotToldUpright
