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Behind the backbar

Cody Wheat
April 14th, 2024

^{Happy Sunday, and welcome behind the backbar, where we end the week with a quote regarding wine and spirits. Some quotes and authors are better known than others, but all shed light on the attitudes this liquid inspires.}

“They drink because it’s hot, they drink because it’s cold. If successful in elections they drink and rejoice, if not, they drink and swear. They begin to drink early in the morning, they leave off late at night. They commence it early in life and they continue it until they soon drop into the grave.”

Captain Frederick Marryat

Frederick Marryat, via

Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and a novelist. This quote is from his journal during the 1830s while he traveled around the United States.