Robert Macintosh's remarkable life really begins in 1915 when he was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps. As a pilot, he fought in World  War I. In 1917 he was shot down behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner. Through his tenacity and innovative spirit he escaped. When World War I ended, he attended Oxford University for medical school. He became a practicing physician in 1924. 
 
At Oxford, he become the founder and first professor of  anesthesiology  at the University. Ironically, the university was at first against his hiring. It was philanthropist, Lord Nuffield a friend (Mac provided sedation for some of Lord Nuffield's teeth to be extracted) ensured  that Mac was appointed with a $65 million dollar endowment. The Anesthesiology program, lead by Dr. Macintosh designed and built the Oxford Vaporiser, a simple, portable, and accurate means of delivering varying concentrations of ether-sedation, adaptations of the vaporiser are used in hospital operating rooms around the world to this day.  Arguably the greatest invention from this era is the Macintosh Curved Blade, which for anyone who has ever had surgery, a 'Mac Blade' was probably used to help maintain an airway.  For these and numerous other efforts and advancements in the field of modern medicine, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England in 1955.  
 
Throughout his time at Oxford, legend has it that Dr. Macintosh would enjoy his favorite beer, a remarkable brown ale, at the Kings Arms Pub (a university mainstay) near the Oxford University campus. At the Pub, like his peers, he would partake in a pint and discuss the interesting topics and challenges of the day.  

In 1962 the last anesthesiologist he educated, and retained on faculty was Dr. Peter JR Jebson. Dr. Jebson and Dr. Macintosh worked on numerous inventions together - from design enhancements of the laryngoscope to free standing heart lung ventilators. Dr. Jebson would later emigrate to  America in 1980 and teach and practice at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for over 20 years. The Hyperbaric Facility at the university bares his name.  Dr. Macintosh and Dr. Jebson would remain friends over many years, and communicated routinely through letters and visits. 
 
Sir Robert Macintosh would ultimately passed away in 1989 at Oxford, the place he called home for nearly 50 years.  Through his legendary spirit of compassion, infectious zest for innovation and great civility; we aim to honor Dr. Macintosh through the recreation of his favorite beer.