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Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 10 Apr 2000 03:49:41 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.#saynotospam#net
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Tom Napolitano wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jonathan Reynolds writes:
> .
> > Actually what you call beer, we call Lager (fizzy stuff for little boys who
> > usually drink shandy) and what we call 'real ale' beer is a dark coluor with
> > an 'aquired taste' Developed with Lucas refridgerators in mind, it's usually
> > drunk just below room temperature. This stuff ferments in the stomach at body
> > temperature too!
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> The reason Americans drink their beer iced cold is to numb the taste
> buds so they don't have to taste it.
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> Most American (and Canadian) beers are lagers, but have so many
> "adjuncts" such as rice and corn which add no real taste. Also, as
> commercials say, they pride themselves in low bitter taste. Duh. That's
> what the hops are for, guys. Bitter is a taste to be savored. The result
> are the weak watery Pilsners so common. Even so called microbreweries
> have very mild tastes IMHO. Lagers can be made as tasteful as ales, though
> I prefer the full fruity taste of the ales. The only real difference between
> ales and lagers is in the particular yeast used. Lagers take much longer
> to ferment.
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> Is this off-topic enough?
Actually, you are dead on-topic (in off-topic;)
-John (who doesn't like to drink his beer with a fork;)
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> Cheers,
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jonathan Reynolds writes: . (...) The reason Americans drink their beer iced cold is to numb the taste buds so they don't have to taste it. Most American (and Canadian) beers are lagers, but have so many "adjuncts" such as (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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