| "Here and There" by Clay Moore and Jay Silvers One of the world's strongest beer is Brewmeister Armaggedon at 65% ABV. The label warns that just smelling it might be enough to put you over the limit. An Eisbock is made by lowering the beer temperature to 32 degrees F and removing the water once its frozen. The result a liquid that is higher in alcohol and often tastes like a Cognac or brandy. There is however some controversy over whether this process counts as "distilling". We agree but still love the drink. Some uncommon beer terms- Esters: an aroma or flavor created by fermenting fruits or spices; Gyle: wort in the process of fermentation added to a stout or ale; Grist: the blend of milled grains in a beer; Liquor - water used in the brewing process "Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and celebrate the good days." ancient Egyptian saying Wort is beer before it becomes beer. Specifically it's the liquid before it undergoes fermentation. The "sweet wort" is what you have after malting and mashing, the "bitter wort" is what you have once hops are added. And remember wort rhymes with hurt, not fort. The Budweiser Bowtie canuses twice as much aluminum as a regular can yet only hold 11.3 ounces instead of the usual 12 ounces. The can itself inclines at a 10 degree angle toward the middle. The Egyptians, built the pyramids under the influence. Workers at Giza received about four liters of beer a day, according to Patrick McGovern, a biomolecular archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Some researchers report that at three bottles a day, the cardiovascular benefits of beer are reversed by the pro-oxidants your body creates as it metabolizes excess ethanol. We're hoping it's the opposite at 5 bottles a day. Chill haze is the term used to describe a cloudy appearance in a beer. It happens when proteins and tannins in beer glom onto each other during the cooling process. Guinness reports that a pint of it a day may work as well as a low dose aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks Question: Crystal clear beer is an indication of what? 1) too much light during the malting stage? 2) too much water was absorbed into the grain during the Milling process? 3) or is it neither of these answers? The answer is 3, neither of these. Legend has it that Gambrinus, god of beer, challenged the devil to produce a “wine without grapes.” The historical origin of the concoction we know today can be found in 12th-century Belgium, although the Egyptians had already created fermented- grain beverages well before then. The familiar Scandinavian toast sköl derives from scole, the drinking bowl shaped like the upper half of a human skull. Originally, these bowls were fashioned from the actual skulls of enemy killed in battle. In olde England, town inns paid a government tax known as a 'scot' for serving beer. Beer lovers who left town to drink at rural pubs were said to be drinking 'scot free'. Root Beer was originally called Root Tea, however the name was changed to Root Beer to get more people to take interest in it. To keep your beer glass or mug from sticking to your bar napkin, sprinkle a little salt on the napkin before you set your glass down. Michelob was invented during a brewer’s strike in the 1930s from a recipe tossed together by the untrained workers left behind to run the brewery. It was so bad local taverns tossed their delivered barrels in the gutter until the streets ran with beer. When the strike was over, the brewery didn’t want to lose all that beer, no matter how bad, so they repackaged it and sold it as Michelob. Beer was the first legal alcoholic beverage to be sold when prohibition was repealed. Beer was legal on April 7, 1933, but other alcoholic beverages could not be legally purchased until December 5, 1933 Lager is a bottom fermented, lightly hoped beer originally brewed in Germany, lager is aged under refrigeration for 6 weeks to 6 months (lager is German for storehouse). Most lagers are fairly light in color, highly carbonated with a medium hop flavor. The original German lager was dark in color. 1888: Citizens of Munich took to the streets and rioted after a beer price increase was announced. In the mid 70's, Australians were the 3rd biggest beer drinker in the world. (Behind Germany and Belgium). Today they don't even get into the top ten! "You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning." Clay and Jay See you next month! |
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