“Why is beer pitched as ‘refreshing,’ ever, to anyone? I don’t drink beer to refresh my palate. I don’t drink it in order to stop being thirsty. If I want to simultaneously drink beer and quench my thirst I will, appropriately enough, grab both a beer and a glass of water. Drinking a beer to quench your thirst is like eating a burger because your throat itches.”

Jesse Farrar
Can Any Beer Actually Quench Your Thirst?
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