Fred Engels was a beer enthusiast- particularly Pilsner, and particularly draught versions of it. He also took a dim view of temperance.
He might well have viewed Dry January as revisionist at best, so consider a visit to the pub a way of sticking two fingers up at capitalism and all its works…
We sampled the beer conscientiously right up to 71 degrees of lati-
tude; it was good but not so good as the German stuff, and invariably
bottled. Only in Trondheim could one actually get draught beer. Here
too, by the way, the legislators are much concerned with temperance and
it would seem that sales of Bismarck’s spirits have been steadily drop-
ping. We shall probably carry out a reconnaissance today to see whether there is a beer hall in Bergen where draught ale may be had.
Engels to Liebknecht 22nd July 1890 near Leipzeg
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