Jerry,
Ben Franklin is reputed as having said, "Beer is proof that god loves us", but he likely did not. Rather, according to a letter he wrote to Abbé Morellet in 1779, he actually wrote "We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy. The miracle in question was only performed to hasten the operation, under circumstances of present necessity, which required it."
So drink the wine, if Ben 's opinion is of import to you, or ignore Ben and imbibe the beer!