September 2020
| mR. bReWski says.. |
"Beer - Because one doesn't solve the world's problems over white wine."
| Man Firghts Fire With Beer A man in California stopped a fire in its tracks before it engulfed his shop by using the only thing at his disposal: beer cans. Chad Little said he saw the fire coming down a canyon. His family packed up to leave, but Little decided to stay to protect his home, which had already been lost five years before during another fire. As Little grabbed hoses he had on his property, he came to a horrifying discovery. The water had been turned off with the electricity. From there, he grabbed a rake and began clearing out piles of dried grass. Unfortunately, his cars were engulfed in flames and the fire was quickly approaching his workshop. With nothing left to help him fight the fire he grabbed the only thing left, cans of Bud Light. “When I ripped up the sheet metal, it had a nail, so I was just shaking it up, popping it and spraying them,” he said. “I was popping it out and grabbing another one.”He was able to put out the flames right before firefighters arrived. “My buddies all tease me about drinking water-beer,” he said. “I say, ‘hey, it saved my shop.’” That quick thinking is what saved his home because just a few minutes after using the beer to stave off the flames, firefighters arrived at the scene and put out the fire. |
| Offensive Beer Dropped Two Buffalo craft breweries have dropped a beer they collaborated on after learning the name and label may be offensive to people of the Hindu faith.Pressure Drop Brewing and Big Ditch Brewing Co. are discontinuing the beer they called “Aqua Shiva” after a protest led by a Nevada-based Hindu activist. Shiva is one of the three major deities or gods in Hinduism. The label depicted a caricature of the Hindu deity. Hinduism is the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about 1.1 billion adherents worldwide. There are about 3 million Hindus in the United States. Aqua Shiva was a hazy, New England- style double IPA, and was part of a series of “deity” themed beers made by Big Ditch and Pressure Drop. Others in the series have included “Aqua Jesus” and “Aqua Buddha.” Taste of Hops Chaging A new North Carolina State study says that due to climate change, increasing temperatures, and more frequent droughts will drive up the costs of beer ingredients such as hops and barley. However, those impacts are just the foam on the surface – the taste of beer will change too. That’s because changes in temperature and rainfall affect the biochemistry of beer ingredients like hops which in turn makes them taste different. .Even more, it claims that current temperature increase is more dramatic than anything we’ve seen since agriculture started thousands of years ago. The environment the plant grows in also makes a difference. Terroir is the contribution the local environment has on a plant’s flavor profile. It is the result of the soil, climate, weather patterns, even insect attacks that the plant has experienced before producing the edible product. The environment hops grow in can affect the taste of the beer in your glass. The effects of terroir on hops are unknown, but temperature is a significant factor. |
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| ““Give me books, hearty ale, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.”." . John Keats “I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in ale and wine.”. William Shakespeare, As You Like It "I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine but not old beer, Drink it fresh.”. Oliver Goldsmith “If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of making beer.” Sami Lynch "Beer can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books” Stephen Fry "What beer goes with Captain Crunch?" George Carlin “Give me strong ale to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares”. Ralph Waldo Emerson "Craft beer makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized." Andre Simon "Hearty ale can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile" Hmer |
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