During the course of the great ‘Churning of the Ocean’ (Samundra Manthan) the scriptures explain everything about that came out in that divine procedure but one thing that failed to make its place in the scriptures was a golden elixir of life (we are not talking about ‘Amrita’ here) , that elixir was Old Monk which was bestowed on us by the universe and has been helping the humankind in eradicating gloom and dismay from the face of the earth. However apocryphal this version of the story might seem to be but the sterling effects of Old Monk are undeniable. So today we are here with a bunch of legendary quotes about the drink of the legends.

“Only and only Old Monk can make the ‘Hindi -Cheeni , Bhai- Bhai’ equation work ” – Dalai Lama

Undeniably true , if only Chinese would throw out their herbal tea and have the Bhangra of peace topped with mildly intoxicating essence of Old Monk , the world would sing tales of Indo-Chinese brotherhood.

“This is the best remedy for depression and its repercussions and goes very well with my cigar“ - Sigmund Freud

The father of psychoanalysis prescribed and proclaimed Old Monk as the best medicine for all sorts of depression related problems . Tell us something that we don’t know , Freud!