Hi Jim:
I don't think it's the alcohol content, it's relatively tasteless. Another
big fallacy is claiming it's the 'water'. Not being a brewmeister, I can
only surmise that the hops, barley combined with timing and aging would most
affect the taste.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:01 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT]Beer...Re: 100mm f2.8, which is the good range?
>
> I still like that 8% stuff youse guys in Canada brew. Nice. I did not get
> drunk on it in Vancouver though. I got drunk on Fog Cutters instead.
> Jeeze,
> that was in 1962 and I still remember parts of it well. Other parts....not
> at all. Beer seems to need at least 6% alcohol to taste good. Is that true
> or just my imagination? /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Gordon Ross
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:20 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT]Beer...Re: 100mm f2.8, which is the good range?
>
>
>
> But in all fairness, if you drink 15 or so fairly quickly you can still
> get
> inebr-inebra-inebriadet- drunk. This was proven by research, personally
> attended to, done in Buffalo NY in 1968.
>
> Gord
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:28 PM
> Subject: [OM] [OT]Beer...Re: 100mm f2.8, which is the good range?
>
>
>> Dear James,
>>
>> Alas, most american beer is very thin, Pete's Wicked Ale and
>> Samuel Adams excepted. I think it comes from having the
>> standard strength set at 3%.
>>
>> It's like making love in a canoe... f*cking close to water.
>>
>> tOM
>>
>> On 18 Jan 2006 at 12:03,
>> James N. McBride <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> A cold Bud is still very refreshing on a hot summer day even though it
>>> is
>>> not as full-bodied as some of the others. One European on this list said
>>> it
>>> tasted like piss, but damn good piss. There are a lot of good beers and
>>> variety is the spice of life. /jmac
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