[ale] OT: Dream jobs

[Jeff Lightner]

Back when I was younger the idea when drinking Maddog was to drink it so
fast that you're too drunk to be bothered by how bad it tastes.

I'm now imagining a wine tasting that involves Maddog, Thunderbird and
Ripple....

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Bob
To: ale at ale.org
Toxen
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:56 PM
To: Charles Shapiro; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Dream jobs

I stand corrected.  I assumed that beer tasting was done the same way
as wine tasting, though I've only been trained in the latter.

Bob

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:38:28PM -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Uuh, nope. The proper way to taste _wine_ is to spit. You swallow beer
to
> judge it properly. It has to do with evaluating
> "mouth feel" and other variables. Beer differs from wine in that it
contains
> a much larger proportion of sugars, which affect not only the aroma
and the
> taste but also the way the beer feels in your mouth and stomach.
> 
> Here's one supporting link (
http://hbd.org/brewery/library/Tintro.html ).
> 
> -- CHS
> (home brewer, currently not an alcoholic..)
> 
> 
> On 5/8/07, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
> >
> >When tasting wine or beer, the proper way is to spit it out rather
than
> >swallowing.  All of the "better" wine tastings have spittoons for
this
> >purpose.
> >
> >If he became an alcoholic by swallowing rather than spitting than
> >his alcoholism was due to his failure to do his job properly IMHO.
> >
> >That said, alcoholism is a horrible condition that ruined the lives
of
> >two of my closest friends.  I think that calling it a disease does
> >a disservice to people 'cause "It's a disease so it ain't my fault or
> >my responsibility to stop drinking."
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:16:32AM -0400, Scott Castaline wrote:
> >> Now that's my kind a job
> >> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270603,00.html
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