Beer Isn't Proof After All

How sad. It turns out that the oft-quoted "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" is wrongly attributed to Ben Franklin. He actually wrote this:

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

The original is still a worthy sentiment in my book, even if not attributable to the wittiest of founding fathers.

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via Brewer’s Friend