Scanning around the internet for a news item or two, I often come across a snippet I like...like this one from the Swindon Advertiser:

"Many drinkers at the Cellar are members of the Swindon branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, and so it was in awe of their drinking experience that I tried the new pint myself. Luckily I was born and bred near Ringwood Brewery, until last week one of the largest independent brewers in the country, so I was able to make a good comparison. It will never match the legendary Old Thumper that I have drunk in varying quantities since the age of six, but I have to take my hat off to the brewers."

Age six.