The Older You Get The More You Like It

I love a pint of Guinness.
I’m a feminine tomboy, just like my sisters.
We love being girls, we love being women, but we like hanging out with guys.
We used to hang out in a bar called Leitrim in Queens, and I’d drink with the guys there – firemen, the police guys, paramedics.
When you drink Guinness, just make sure you don’t get the foam on your nose.
(Zoe Saldana)

To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated,
But not be able to say it.

Wine improves with age –
The older you get the more you like it.

Beer Is Good For The Bones

Older women could guard against osteoporosis in later life by drinking a pint of beer a day.
A new study has shown that ale is an ideal source of dietary silicon, which is crucial in the formation of new bone.
Bone is continuously being lost and reformed and silicon is vital for helping to renew it.
Although silicon is contained in some plants and beans, one of the richest and most easily absorbed sources is beer, as it is an ingredient of the malt used in the brewing process.
Several previous studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between the amount of silicon in a person’s diet and their bone mineral density.

A Beer Aimed At Women

I’ve never been drunk, I don’t drink any alcohol.
(Julien MacDonald)

Brewing giant Molson Coors has signed up its first major retailer to sell a beer aimed at women.
The company, based in Burton, Staffordshire, which also brews Britain’s best-selling lager Carling, has signed a deal with Morrisons for at least 393 of its stores to sell the Animee beer that comes in rose, clear and lemon.
In Britain only 17 per cent of women drink beer compared with 25 per cent in the US.

Morrisons has started selling whisky from England’s only distillery.
Chapter 6 is produced by the English Whisky Company, in Roudham, Norfolk – England’s first producer to be registered in more than 100 years.

Pubs Close And Beer Sales Decline

Beer sales are declining faster than ever as tax increases force drinkers to tighten their belts and cause more pubs to close.
Some 572 million (7.1%) fewer pints were knocked back in the last year than the previous 12 months.
Pub beer sales were down 4.5% last year, when about 1,300 pubs were closed.
It is the largest slump on record, according to the British Beer and Pub Association, which said tax hikes are to blame.
Overall beer sales in the past three months were about 10% less than in May to July last year.

I’m Off To The Pub…..

A study in Japan claims that drinking two pints of beer or a couple of large glasses of wine five times a week can reduce the chances of a fatty liver by up to 60%.
And moderate amounts of alcohol can decrease inflammation of liver cells.
I’m off to the pub…..

Beer-Drinking Britons

Most of us are unable to tell the difference between expensive wine and plonk.
I certainly can’t.
Not after the second bottle, anyway.

My mate plans for the future by buying three cases of beer instead of one.

We spend over £30 billion drinking out every year in the UK, of which beer accounts for 40 per cent, wine 30 per cent, and spirits and alcopops make up the rest of the round.
Soft drinks account for £1.8 billion.

Carling remains the UK’s favourite tipple, with an 8.5 per cent share of the market.
One in every £12 spent on drinks in a pub, bar or restaurant goes towards a pint of Carling.

At Least One Pub Is Shutting Every Day In The UK

Pubs, clubs and restaurants have surrendered 5,700 alcohol licences in the past year.
The figure is up 13% on the previous year and more than double the figure for 2007.
At least one pub shut every day last year.
The government’s sneaky stealth tax on pubs risks forcing yet more to call time.
Slyly increasing the cost of licences is a low blow when it is already tough enough to run a local boozer.
The tax raid threatens to accelerate pub closures that are ripping the heart out of housing estates and villages across the country.
The Tories in Whitehall have no idea how ordinary people live their lives or how tough it is for businesses.
If ministers won’t do anything to help save pubs, is it too much to ask them to get out of the way and stop hurting them?

Drinking Tea Is Good For You

Downing six cups of tea a day is as healthy as 1.5 litres of water.
The popular beverage is just as hydrating as plain water and does not actually make people dehydrated, a study by the UK-based Tea Advisory Panel found.
It is the first time scientists have proved that caffeine in tea does not increase the need to urinate, despite commonly held beliefs that it can deprive the body of necessary fluid.

I Never Drink Unless I’m Alone Or With Somebody

There must be female hormones in beer.
After ten pints I can’t drive and I speak a load of nonsense.

Why is a Tory supporter like a beer bottle?
They’re both empty from the neck up.

I drink to make other people interesting.
(Groucho Marx)

A motorcycle cop pulled over my mate.
“Have you been drinking, sir?” said the cop.
“Why?” said my mate. “Is there a fat bird in my car?”

I call my sister-in-law the Exorcist.
Every time she visits she rids the house of spirits.

A policeman stopped my mate and gave him a breathalyser test.
“I’m sorry, sir”, said the policeman. “But this bag tells me you’ve been drinking too much”.
“What a coincidence”, my mate said. “I’ve got a bag at home that does the exact same thing”.

I drink to steady my nerves.
Last night I got so steady I couldn’t move.

Drink Red Wine And Live Longer

A couple of glasses of red wine a day can add several years to your life.
Red wine contains flavonoids, powerful antioxidants that combat the free radical damage that ages us and causes disease.
Procyanidins, a group of flavonoids thought to be among the most effective antioxidants known to man, are found in red wine.
Some wines have more flavonoids than others.
As a rule, go for those with the deepest red colour and darker taste.