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12-17-2008, 11:44 PM
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Drink up! 12 Most common beer myths exploded
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12-17-2008, 11:52 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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Funny thing they started the piece with one of the greatest myths of all...
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Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy
–Benjamin Franklin
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From Maureen Ogle's Book, Ambitious Brew, the story of American Brewing.
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In recent years, beer drinkers have worn t-shirts decorated with a quote attributed to Ben Franklin: "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Just one problem: Franklin didn't say that. It's a mangled version of another Franklin quote about the pleasures of wine. In a 1779 letter, he wrote that the rain that fell on vineyards and transformed vines into grapes for wine provided "a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy."
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12-18-2008, 12:22 AM
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12-18-2008, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Borisbbadd
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12-18-2008, 01:18 PM
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Good catch, Revvy!
Good article, fairly accurate otherwise. Not sure about the American beers using abw instead of abv though.
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12-18-2008, 01:22 PM
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Myth #4: Corona beer contains urine
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Hmm, I thought it was urine. I guess the stuff that comes out of my peehole just tastes like corona then. Well, now I know and knowing is half the battle.
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12-18-2008, 01:23 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
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Originally Posted by FireBrewer
Good catch, Revvy!
Good article, fairly accurate otherwise. Not sure about the American beers using abw instead of abv though.
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Yeah, that kinda threw me as well, it seems every micro or small brewery website I visit looking for beer info is in ABV...I wonder if it's the other way around, and the europeans use ABW, and no editor or fact checker caught it.
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Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured. - Madman
I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew
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12-18-2008, 04:22 PM
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Goalie. Brewer. Patriot.
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God bless Myth #6. Biggest pet peeve ever is the lengths places go to chill beer.
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12-18-2008, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Borisbbadd
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From Wikipedia:
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The consumption of alcohol does not kill brain cells but rather damages dendrites, the branched ends of nerve cells that bring messages into the cell. Alcohol dilates the channels in the cellular structure that regulate the flow of calcium, causing excess calcium to flow into the cells and stimulating increased activity. This does not kill the whole cell, but causes a loss of the end segments, leading to the loss of incoming signals and therefore a change in brain function. Most of this damage is temporary, but the recovery process changes nerve-cell structure permanently.
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Of course moderation probably negates this, but just FYI. |
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12-18-2008, 05:32 PM
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I just wasted a lot of time reading the comments, man I think I feel dumber for it.
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