1937 Here is Something that will interest you (3 rd edition)

Thereis a small handbook issued by the Brewers'Society in conjunction with their Beer is Best publicity campaign, in which, under the heading In Praise of Beer, a number of excellent reasons are given why Beer is good for Enghshmen of^ stations at all times. We make no excuse for quoting a tjrpical extract from this entertaining Httle work, which so aptly puts the case for Ale in a nutsheU. To the average man, his pint of beer in the evening, amongst his friends, acts as a shock- absorber between himself and his daily tasks and troubles. With his pint of beer he gets the right outlook on his day's work and puts it back where it belongs. A pint of beer and a talk with his friends clear his mind of petty irritations and leave it refreshed and comforted for a sound night's sleep. There is an old proverb which says "Good ale is a key to the heart," and the position is summed up neatly by an eminent judge who has remarked, "When two or three men meet and are allowed to sup their ale, as they were in pre-war days, the return to their native social habit of discussing the affairs of their world over a pipe and a glass will do much to make them contented and happy!" Good Ale has been truly termed the "Wine of England"; no other country can boast of brewing so perfect in its flavour, its mellow strength and its purity. Centuries of brewing have each added their quota of precise knowledge to the dehcate art, and to-day great Brewing Houses are carrying nobly the tradition of Enghsh Ale, the food,

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