Editing Small beer (section)

===History===
* [[Thomas Thetcher]]'s tombstone at [[Winchester Cathedral]] features a poem that blames his death on drinking cold small beer. 
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] attested in his autobiography that it was sometimes had with breakfast. [[George Washington]] had a recipe for it involving [[bran]] and [[molasses]].<ref>{{citation|author=George Washington|url=http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/40921|title=To make Small Beer|year=1757|work=George Washington Papers}}. New York Public Library Archive.</ref>
*[[William Cobbett]] in his work "A History of the Protestant Reformation" refers to a 12th-century Catholic place of hospitality which fed 100 men a day – "Each had a loaf of bread, three quarts of small beer, and 'two messes,' for his dinner; and they were allowed to carry home that which they did not consume upon the spot." (Pg. 90, TAN Books, 1988)