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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Beer making basics - Gene?
  • Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:01:50 -0800 (PST)

--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

> The reason American
> Pilsner and American Lager beers are so piss-water in
> nature is because a lot of
> rice has been added to the mash. It makes them lighter
> bodied and lighter
> tasting. In other words, it ruins them.

Our term for american beer is "horse beer", this comes from a statement by a
friend that as far as he is concerned "all the beer can be put back in the
horse". If it is really bad beer we say the horse is sick.
This does not apply to most darker beers, or most microbrews.
Van Dell




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