International Stout Day is marked on the first Thursday of November each year. This year, the day falls on Nov. 4.

Stouts were developed from porters in the 1700s, and have become one of the most beloved beers in many countries.

International Stout Day was founded by Erin Peters – aka The Beer Goddess. While this is not an official holiday, the best way to celebrate is to pick a mug of stout and raise a toast with your friends or family.

Here are some quotes, collected from AZ Quotes, about beer to mark this day:

1. "They chose 'beer as soda pop.' Craft brewers are 'beer as wine.' ― Michael Jackson

2. “A beer doesn't have to be difficult to acquire, but damned if that doesn't make everything taste better.” ― Patrick Dawson

3. “Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health”- Thomas Jefferson

4. "He is a wise man who invented beer." – Plato

5. "From man’s sweat and God’s love, beer came into the world." - Saint Arnold of Metz

6. "Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health." - Thomas Jefferson

7. “There is to me something profoundly affects in large masses of men following the lead of those who do not believe in men, and beer”- Walt Whitman

8. "Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world."- Jack Nicholson

9. "The beer tastes good to my throat, cold and bitter, and the three boys and the beer and the queer freeness of the situation makes me feel like laughing forever. So I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on top of the beer can. I am looking very healthy and flushed and bright-eyed, having both a good tan and a rather excellent fever." - Sylvia Plath, "The Journals of Sylvia Plath"

10. “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” – Alice Cooper

The Guinness brewery in Baltimore imports its iconic stout to serve, but in-house it produces a variety of more experimental beers
The Guinness brewery in Baltimore imports its iconic stout to serve, but in-house it produces a variety of more experimental beers AFP / Sébastien DUVAL