The subjects of beer and single malt Scotch whiskey always draw a lot of
opinions from list members and I should refrain from extending this OT
thread...but...Chris makes a very good point here. Beer for quenching thirst
and beer to be slowly savored are two very different things meeting
different needs. Benjamin Franklin said "Beer is God's way of showing he
loves us." At least he said something close to that. Beer can create some
good photo ops when consumed in excess by people other than the
photographer. After a few beers I need autofocus. /jim
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Barker
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:12 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT Beers, was Volvo sucess story #317
Sorry to disappoint you Boris, but it tastes pretty useless wherever
you buy it - unless you are hot and need a cold drink. The stuff that
you find in the Czech Republic is the original stuff, full strength and
full taste, untainted by Anheuser and his chum. The fad over here for
drinking mass-produced yellow beer is just that, it will pass. When I
and my fellow staff on the Squadron go to the pub for a beer with our
students, we drink the chewy beer, they drink garrrrbage like Carling
or Grolsch (see below).
You might be interested to know that when a British mass producer of
beer (I hesitate to use the term "brewer" for the big boys) makes some
lovely German or Dutch beer under licence, they manage to put the taste
of profit in, displacing the original taste and strength. Although I
have tins of Grolsch and Stella Artois in my house, I drink it because
I am thirsty in the evening (and I have had enough tea... ;-)), not
because it is something to savour.
Chris
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