In this clip from the 192nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Drew Kaplan discusses the Talmudic drinking story of when Levi gave Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi impressively delicious beer, as described on Pesaḥim 107a:
לֵוִי שַׁדַּר לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי שִׁיכְרָא בַּר תְּלֵיסַר מְגָנֵי, טַעְמֵיהּ — הֲוָה בְּסִים טוּבָא, אֲמַר: כְּגוֹן זֶה רָאוּי לְקַדֵּשׁ עָלָיו וְלוֹמַר עָלָיו כׇּל שִׁירוֹת וְתוּשְׁבָּחוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם.
בְּלֵילְיָא צַעֲרֵיהּ.
אָמַר: מְיַסְּרָן וּמְפַיֵּיס.Levi sent Rabbi a beer of thirteen soakings, he tasted it and it was especially pleasant. He said: “A beer like this is fit to recite kiddush over and to say upon it all the songs and praises in the world.”
At night, it caused him pain.
He said: “It pains and soothes.”
