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Steven D. Hales is Professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg State University, but more relevant here is that he edited Beer & Philosophy. He also contributed a wonderful essay in which he introduces us to the idea that quality is the density of pleasure.
In case you forgot, the questions are: If you could invite four people dead or alive to a beer dinner who would they be? What four beers would you serve?
Here’s my list, of folks that were great raconteurs who liked to drink, and would be a hoot at dinner:
Socrates
Benjamin Franklin
Winston Churchill
Ernest Hemingway
If I added a fifth it would be Scottish philosopher David Hume.
Here’s what I’d serve. And I imagine the beers going with specific foods, too.
1. Franziskaner Weissbier. Served with a salad.
2. Saison Dupont. With a broth vegetable soup.
3. Ommegang Abbey Ale. Served with a roast lamb.
4. Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. With a dense chocolate
torte dessert.