ET- Pounding Beers

What will I drink with this creation, he wondered, and finally chose a bright bottle.

  He sat at the kitchen table, dined, and drank.

  His tongue ran a quick analysis of the components of the beverage: malted barley, hops, adjuncts of rice and corn. Should be perfectly harmless.

  He drank it down, found it much to his liking, and drank another.

- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth, chapter 13