[neodad]

Then there is the risky side affect of "beer goggles", which, of course, gave rise to the term "coyote ugly". Sadly, I haven't had a beer since the day I left my ex.

[stylin19a]

Oh....sorry, I thought this was the start of another Hillary joke.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Beer is fine the way it is. Sorry to be negative, but I'm always leery of food companies tweaking otherwise natural products in an attempt to make it what they think I will like. Haven't seen a success story yet.

[brivette]

Interesting. Skunk pee.

[vigilante2]

A Skunk Walks Into A Bar. . .

I thought this was going to be a kerry/dean joke

[billhilly]

Had too many and hit the send button, did you?

[mewzilla]

My tea-totaler in-laws got their copy today. Be interesting to see if they read it :)

[mc5cents]

And the bartender says

Insert punchline here

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Liberty Valance]

mmmmmmmmm beer.
http://www.shiner.com/tour2/tour-01.html

[Billthedrill]

The hop oils, however, easily vaporize during the boil. Lager brewers add another dose of hops at the end of the boil to boost aroma. Ale brewers wait until the end of the entire brewing process to add extra hops. This produces the stronger hop aroma common to many ales.

These are termed "finishing hops" to distinguish them from the "boil hops." You can also add hops after the wort is cooled if you take care to ensure that they contain no bacterial or wild-yeast contaminants - this is termed "dry hopping."

Science and beer. Sigh! Could there be a higher calling?

BTW, the advice about "fresh beer" isn't always good. Many "big" ales are bottle-conditioned, meaning they change in character over time and MUST be kept for a certain period. The Russian Imperial Stouts can take up to six months for this.

[Vaquero]

whats all this brouhaha

[FreedomFarmer]

"Mon Cheri, I zell my bath wather
to ze rich americans as 'Lite Beer',
and am ze verry wealthy lover, no?"

[Cyber Liberty]

Ping!

[Dog Gone]

Considering how complicated this all is, it's a little bit amazing that beer was invented thousands of years ago. The recipe surely was less complicated and it probably tasted pretty foul, but it had its intended effect in making stinky and ugly women more attractive.

And once it was determined that agriculture was essential to the process, civilization was born.

[billorites]

[MRMEAN]

[Doomonyou]

BEER THEORY

Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." - Babe Ruth

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. - Lyndon B. Johnson

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. - Ernest Hemingway

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. - Paul Horning

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence! I think not. - H.L. Mencken

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! - George Bernard Shaw

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. - Dave Barry

BEER: HELPING UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX SINCE 3000 B.C. - W.C. Fields

Remember "I" before "E", except in Budweiser. - Professor Irwin Corey

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group." Salvation in a can! -Leo Durocher

One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the "Buffalo Theory" to his buddy, Norm. "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.........

[Servant of the 9]

Now this is what real science is all about.

Riboflavin, a compound produced by yeast during fermentation, absorbs energy from light at wavelengths of 350 to 500 nanometers (nm). It transfers the energy to iso-alpha acids, the compounds that give beer bitterness. They then release free radicals—small, unstable chemical fragments—that react with sulfur compounds produced by the yeast. The result is the offending thiol.

Well there's your troublemaker isn't it?
Riboflavin is vitamin B-2.
Get those nasty vitamins outta the beer and it will keep forever.
Ever smell a bottle of B Vitamins that had gone past its 'use by' date?

So9

[Trampled by Lambs]

These buds are OK with your Federal Govenrment.

These buds are NOT OK.