Joshua Day of Old Snowmass in Colorado wrote a letter to the editor of the Aspen Daily News about his personal relationship with and love of beer:

I recently read a story written by Mark Twain in 1917 wherein he states the similar situation cigar smokers face: "Each man's own preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him." Of course this line applies to much more than just the hedonistic rituals of beer drinking and tobacco consumption (of those that come most readily to mind are religion, music, make of truck, politics, sports teams, women and best breed of canine) but also provides a healthy/reconstructive path of thought for the individual who always purports to know the most out of a crowded room of people. And it fits the beer-drinking problem as well, to a tee.