> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/06/15 Fri AM 03:29:54 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC? > > I can understand it's popularity in China, I've tasted Chinese beer, at > least that's what I was told it was. > > Budweiser is a light formulation, it's current incarnation comes from > the WWII era, when women entered the workforce in large numbers in > industries that had been mostly the province of men, which lead to those > same women going to bars after for a cool beer, which was reformulated > for their tastes. After that cost cutting set in and so we have a > cheaper version of those lighter beers. So I guess you can either blame > Hitler, Women, the idiots who forced the treaty of Versailles on the > Germans, or General Hague depending on how far back in the causes of > WWII you want to go...
As WWI was essentially a family squabble writ large that led to the circumstances that conceived WWII, we should blame the British royal family for the state of beer today. I knew they were useful for something. > > Charles Robinson wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2007, at 16:31, graywolf wrote: > > > > > >> Cow piss, the fizzy yellow stuff, is not beer. It is a slightly > >> alcoholic watered down rice wine with added carbonation. It's main > >> attraction is that it sells well to people who can not stand the > >> taste of beer. > >> > >> > > > > I was surprised, when visiting Ireland, to see how many people were > > ordering Budweiser at the pubs I visited. > > > > When I asked a bartender WHY Budweiser was so popular there - why > > people would order it and drink it, he looked at me and said: "Taste". > > > > Duh! That's why I DON'T drink it! I took my Guiness and sat down..... > > > > (Budweiser was also very very popular in the few bars I visited in > > China. Go figure) > > > > -Charles > > > > -- > > Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Minneapolis, MN > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > I am riding in the MS-TRAM this summer. Please consider sponsoring me! > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm > > > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
