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Why Brewers Avoid Their Own Beer

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 39.

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Why Brewers Avoid Their Own Beer

It is said that none of our beer manufacturers are ever seen drinking their own beer. They are like the Jerseyman who was seen gathering wild mushrooms in the woods. "Look here, my friend," exclaimed a passer-by, "you'd better let them things alone; they are rank poison." "O, don't be afraid," was the quiet response, "I ain't picking 'em to eat; I am picking 'em to sell."—Home Gazette.