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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I never liked beer, but I thought it all tatsted about the same except for 
room temperature british beer which just tasted worse.  I guess bourbon was 
just an easier taste to acquire. ....................

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--- On Wed, 12/17/08, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Beer making basics - Gene?
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 11:01 AM
> --- 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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