Posted on 03/11/2024 1:07:21 PM PDT by DallasBiff
beer, alcoholic beverage produced by extracting raw materials with water, boiling (usually with hops), and fermenting. In some countries beer is defined by law—as in Germany, where the standard ingredients, besides water, are malt (kiln-dried germinated barley), hops, and yeast.
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The Germans didn’t invent beer.
They perfected it...........................
As an Irish friend once told me, that is why they were destined to never become leaders. 🤣
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The Irish are pretty good at beer...
Even the ancients enjoyed their beer gardens.
The Irish are pretty good at beer...
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If I was stranded on an island with only one beer, I’d choose Guinness.
It used to be against the law to print or advertise the alcohol content of beer (ABV or alcohol by volume). The regulators feared that beer companies would get into a marketing war over who makes weak beer or which has more alcohol. But now we have all these varieties, and substitute alcoholic seltzers. So now it’s allowed.
My neighbor is a party type guy. Always has people hanging out all times of day. He’s a good neighbor, not raucous parties just very social. So I came to bringing him a 30 pack once or twice a week to cover my share - plus he’s generous with his food too. He is more a wine drinker but his guests chug beers. They were bringing Coors light. I brought regular Coors and they asked why… my answer was that it’s the same price but has about 20% more alcohol.
My Croatian Mother said the same!
I’m sitting about 6 feet a way from a kegerator with a new batch of mango flavored IPA my hubby brewed in the keg. He’s getting seriously good at brewing! CO2 is hooked up and should be carbonated in the next few days.
Ireland is an island. Coincidence?
The only lite beer I will ever drink is Yeugling.
Any other lite beer I have tried may as well be water.
I won't knock Guinness, because it's decent, but stranded on an island, I think I'd have to pick one of the local craft stouts, or if not local, at least a craft.
Malt, hops, yeast & water. Home brewer? I do sometimes. Haven’t in a while, but always enjoy the process and especially the result!
Not really.
“”As an Irish friend once told me, that is why they were destined to never become leaders. 🤣””
I repeated that years ago to an Irish neighbor, he didn’t find it funny. To my knowledge, he didn’t even drink. Coffee was our strongest beverage together.
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