wildwest450
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Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy
–Benjamin Franklin
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."
If beer did'nt kill my brain cells, I wonder where they went..........
Myth #4: Corona beer contains urine
Good catch, Revvy!
Good article, fairly accurate otherwise. Not sure about the American beers using abw instead of abv though.
If beer did'nt kill my brain cells, I wonder where they went..........
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.
I just wasted a lot of time reading the comments, man I think I feel dumber for it.
Hmm, I thought it was urine. I guess the stuff that comes out of my peehole just tastes like corona then.
#6 drives me freaking nuts.
It all makes sense now. Dendritous. I thought the doc said I had gingivitous. I couldn't make sense of it, I hadn't had teeth in years from all the crack.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. .
Good catch, Revvy!
Good article, fairly accurate otherwise. Not sure about the American beers using abw instead of abv though.
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.
Myth #4: Corona beer contains urine
This was a nasty rumor claiming that Mexican brewery workers were relieving themselves into the beer. Allegedly, the rumor was spread by a Heineken distributor and was only refuted following a lawsuit by Corona.
Here's your old thread award!
God bless Myth #6. Biggest pet peeve ever is the lengths places go to chill beer.
Old thread or not, myth #8 is not true. Drinking hard liquor before beer does make a difference.
Mythbusters busted that one sorry.
I don't remember the mythbusters' results, but if you go to their forum, that myth caused a big stink there. The testing method was flawed.
Other than that, any doctor can tell you:
1. Hard liquor irritates the lining of your esophagus and stomach, delaying the absorption of alcohol.
2. if you start drinking hard alcohol, you will tend to drink less overall (which is what caused the forum members' reactions, among other things).
#2 is exactly why the myth is whack. It's quantity related, nothing to do with the difference in alcohol.
Nope. It's about how you will feel after drinking. You don't go out thinking "ok, tonight I will drink until I get 100g of pure alcohol in my bloodstream". You go out, and drink until you're satisfied. If you drink the hard stuff first, you'll get satisfied earlier.
2. if you start drinking hard alcohol, you will tend to drink less overall (which is what caused the forum members' reactions, among other things).
Maybe less VOLUME overall but I am not sure about less alcohol. At least in my experience whenever the night starts out with drinking liquor, everyone gets WAY more drunk than when it starts out with beer.
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.
I have myth I tried to start. Drinking soya milk before alcohol partially blocks alcohol uptake. Drink a couple of glasses of choc flavor before and at end of drinking. Guinea pigs please. I read article about it somewhere. Tried it a few times, seemed to work a bit. A question might be why bother.
Guiness is brewed under licence all over the world, the worst I have ever had was in Malaysia it was barely drinkable,( but I had Carlsburg Royal stout which was fine) One thing not to do when drinking Stella Actatwat is do a forward roll down an embankment like that youg guy in Wales, went into a coma and woke up a "Horses Hoof"!
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