Comments on: Ben Franklin: Wine snob http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=358 What part of beer don't you understand? Mon, 13 May 2013 13:22:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob Skilnik http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=358&cpage=1#comment-18779 Bob Skilnik Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:04:13 +0000 http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=358#comment-18779 After doing a computer search of Franklin's written words, the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary also questions the God and beer quote; a search for "beer" in all his writings yielded nothing even close to his supposed pronouncement about God and beer. The Belleville News-Democrat (IL) actually reported on the BFT's findings in a June, 19, 2006 article. The newspaper notes that "Anyone who attributes that quote to Franklin is full of hops." After doing a computer search of Franklin’s written words, the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary also questions the God and beer quote; a search for “beer” in all his writings yielded nothing even close to his supposed pronouncement about God and beer.

The Belleville News-Democrat (IL) actually reported on the BFT’s findings in a June, 19, 2006 article. The newspaper notes that “Anyone who attributes that quote to Franklin is full of hops.”

]]> By: Mill Rat http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=358&cpage=1#comment-18609 Mill Rat Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:00:13 +0000 http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=358#comment-18609 I'd be more surprised to find that Franklin, having once found acclamation for attributing fermented beverages to proof of god's love and desire for our happiness, didn't repeat that phrase ever again than to find that he used in many times, modifying it as required to best suit each different audiience. I’d be more surprised to find that Franklin, having once found acclamation for attributing fermented beverages to proof of god’s love and desire for our happiness, didn’t repeat that phrase ever again than to find that he used in many times, modifying it as required to best suit each different audiience.

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