Had one of these at my mate's house the other day, it's from brewers "Duration" based in Norfolk and called "Turtles all the way down", the reference is from a novel by Terry Pratchett. The book is from his "Discworld" series in which one of the characters offers an answer to the question of how the universe (i.e. Discworld) is structured by saying that the Earth rests on the backs of four great elephants who stand on the back of a giant turtle, when someone asks what the turtle stands on his response is "it's turtles all the way down" thereby humorously introducing the philosophical problem of an infinite regress.
This idea was not invented by Pratchett but has been used in many guises before going as far back as Locke in the 17th century! Anyway, suffice to say we didn't ponder this philosophical paradox too deeply as the beer was far too gorgeous and there was Chinese food to consume!
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