God and Irish Beer
As one who seldom imbibes, I never imagined myself reading abook about the history of beer. Yet,little did I know of the importance on this drink within the history ofsocieties but also within the history of the church. Beer not only served as the answer to diseaseinfested water, it was also promoted to temper the use of hard liquor. Stephen Mansfield, in his book, The Search for God and Guinness,documents the history of beer making and, more specifically, chronicles thebirth and growth the Guinness beer of 
We will be surprised to find a lot of similar stories which we think were totally unrelated!! Or who else will associate Irish beer with God?? But as rightly said it makes very interesting reading and a lot of food for thought! Its really mind boggling to read that Guinness Beer for such a long time and still growing from strength to strength maintaining their rich tradition! Must tray and get my hands Stephen Mansfield's book!
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