אמר רב פפא אי לא דרמאי שכרא לא איעתרי
Rav Pappa said: If I were not a beer manufacturer I would not have become wealthy.
רב פפא מפיקין ליה לאבבא דחנותא ושתי
Rav Pappa brought out beer to the entrance of the store, and drank it [there].
ואמר רב פפא האי מאן דאפשר למישתי שיכרא ושתי חמרא עובר משום בל תשחית
And Rav Pappa said: One who is able to drink beer and nevertheless drinks wine violates the prohibition against wanton destruction.
אמר עולא לדידי שתי שיכרא דבבלאי ומעלי מינייהו והוא דלא רגיל ביה ארבעין יומין רב יוסף אמר זיתום המצרי תילתא שערי ותילתא קורטמי ותילתא מילחא רב פפא אמר תילתא חיטי ותילתא קורטמי ותילתא מילחא (וכמונא)
Ulla said: For me, I drink Babylonian beer, and it is more effective than palm tree water in causing diarrhea. The Gemara comments: And this is true. It is effective for the stomach when the person who drinks it has not become accustomed to beer for forty days. Rav Yosef said: Water that stabs is Egyptian zitom, which is made from one-third barley, and one-third saffron, and one-third salt. Rav Pappa said: It is one-third wheat, and one-third saffron, and one-third salt and cumin.
שמואל לא מצלי בביתא דאית ביה שיכרא רב פפא לא מצלי בביתא דאית ביה הרסנא
Shmuel himself would not pray in a house that contained beer, as the scent of the beer would disturb his concentration during prayer. Similarly, Rav Pappa would not pray in a house that contained small fried fish, due to their smell.
אין דההוא תורא דהוה בי רב פפא דהוה כיבין ליה חינכיה עייל ופתקיה לנזייתא ושתי שיכרא ואיתסי
Yes, as a certain ox that was at the house of Rav Pappa had a toothache. It went inside, and broke the lid of a utensil, and drank the beer inside and was cured. Evidently there are oxen with this level of intelligence.
The Gemara asks: And in a case where he said to him that the feast is due to the wedding celebration, until when is the feast assumed to be connected to idol worship? Rav Pappa said: Until twelve months of the year have passed since the wedding. The Gemara asks: And initially, before the wedding, from when is it prohibited? Rav Pappa said in the name of Rava: From the time when they cast barley into the mortars [ba’asintei] to prepare beer for the wedding.
וכי א"ל מחמת הלולא עד אימת
אמר רב פפי משמיה דרבא עד תריסר ירחי שתא ומעיקרא מאימת
אמר רב פפא מכי רמו שערי באסינתא
איני והא רב פפא איעסק לאבא מר בריה ובריך משעת אירוסין
שאני רב פפא דהוה טריח ליה
And when the groom said to them that he is inviting them due to the wedding celebration, until when is this blessing recited?
Rav Pappi said in the name of Rava: "Until twelve months of the year."
And initially, prior to the wedding, from when is that blessing recited?
Rav Pappa said: "From when they cast barley into the mortar."
Is that so? But didn’t Rav Pappa, involve for the wedding of his son, Abba Mar, and begin reciting the blessing from the time of betrothal?
Rav Pappa is different, because he already had the beer prepared for him.
מַאי מַשְׁמַע? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: ״שֵׁכָר״ — לְשׁוֹן שְׁתִיָּה, לְשׁוֹן שְׂבִיעָה, לְשׁוֹן שִׁכְרוּת.
Rav Pappa said: "Beer (שכר) is an expression of drinking, of satiation, of intoxication."