Comments on: Let’s Go To The Hop http://drinkwiththewench.com/2008/02/lets-go-to-the-hop/ Drinking through the world, one beer at a time. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mandy Henderson http://drinkwiththewench.com/2008/02/lets-go-to-the-hop/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Mandy Henderson Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:34:48 +0000 http://thecolumbuswench.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-70 Hops are a sedative as well, no? I believe (if you can stand the smell) that a pillow could be stuffed with hops to promote deep sleep. With beer, you get that "hillbilly speedball" (as I call it) effect, which is the inflammatory, speedy quality of alcohol mixed with its depressant qualities, as well as the sedative qualities of the hops. Upper + downer = many centuries of goofy times. Hops are a sedative as well, no? I believe (if you can stand the smell) that a pillow could be stuffed with hops to promote deep sleep.

With beer, you get that “hillbilly speedball” (as I call it) effect, which is the inflammatory, speedy quality of alcohol mixed with its depressant qualities, as well as the sedative qualities of the hops. Upper + downer = many centuries of goofy times.

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