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RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:31 pm
by fabertong
We all need it, it is good for us.....no really........
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:33 pm
by Mark VII
You and my wife would get along famously. She is an expert on wine. Enjoys deep red Cabernet's(sp???) the best.
ORIGINAL: irrelevant
I love wine. I have some every day, whether I need it or not.[:)]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:39 pm
by Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
Actually, first priority was a WOMAN. Maybe Adam should have traded two ribs for BEER instead of one rib for Evil - er, I mean Eve. Never trust a cheap bargain... [:D] [;)]
Not really. The theory is that he got woman as a gift from above. But when he set to work to make something for himself---BEER! Though the presence of woman may have been a motivating factor...
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:41 pm
by Mattremote
Hmmm... Beer AND Wine! Had a couple of Windhoek Lagers with Chinese food dinner last night. And am going to have some good red vino at a Braai (BBQ) tonight - fresh sausages, chorizo and lamb chops, plus some rabbit food. It's hard to buy a bottle of bad wine in S.Africa.
Ancient beers (that should be the title of a book, "In Search of Ancient Beers") must have been pretty bad by modern standards, full of flotsam and other odds and ends. But then I've tried some pretty weird beers: African-village-made millet beer or Belgian randomly-inoculated Geuze (spelling?). The former is almost undrinkably bad and the latter is what is kindly called "an acquired taste."
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:49 pm
by anarchyintheuk
ORIGINAL: Mattremote
Ancient beers (that should be the title of a book, "In Search of Ancient Beers") must have been pretty bad by modern standards, full of flotsam and other odds and ends.
It's called Guinness. A moment of silence for our ancestors from the age of monkeyboys to 3500BC who had no beer.
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:54 pm
by LargeSlowTarget
ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
Actually, first priority was a WOMAN. Maybe Adam should have traded two ribs for BEER instead of one rib for Evil - er, I mean Eve. Never trust a cheap bargain... [:D] [;)]
Not really. The theory is that he got woman as a gift from above. But when he set to work to make something for himself---BEER! Though the presence of woman may have been a motivating factor...
Now the question is, was the motivating factor 'to get her' or 'to forget her'?
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:12 pm
by Bradley7735
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
Actually, first priority was a WOMAN. Maybe Adam should have traded two ribs for BEER instead of one rib for Evil - er, I mean Eve. Never trust a cheap bargain... [:D] [;)]
Not really. The theory is that he got woman as a gift from above. But when he set to work to make something for himself---BEER! Though the presence of woman may have been a motivating factor...
Now the question is, was the motivating factor 'to get her' or 'to forget her'?
Maybe she was ugly. Beer helps with that too.
Mmmm.... Beer. The cause of, and the solution to, all of my problems. (H.S.)
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:14 pm
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: fabertong
Aren't there any other wine drinkers on this forum.....or is it beer or nothing else.......
I basically only drink wine when it's free. I just came back from a reception where two particularly horrible wines were passed out free. Drank too much anyway; the price was right, and my friends were there...
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:20 pm
by Speedysteve
Friends....T? Right [;)]
[:D]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:23 pm
by patrickl
Ah, no wonder we were wondering where are you the past 2 hours while we are talking about this fantastic thing about beer and wine! You knew we are going to talk about wine and you proceeded without us![:D][:D]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:26 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Yup... Proactive, that's me...
And I HAVE friends, Speedy, so nuts to you! [:'(]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:28 pm
by Mynok
Though the presence of woman may have been a motivating factor...
Just think how different things might have been if beer had been invented before woman was. Adam would have refused the apple stating "How am I supposed to make beer out of that?".
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:33 pm
by patrickl
ORIGINAL: Mynok
Though the presence of woman may have been a motivating factor...
Just think how different things might have been if beer had been invented before woman was. Adam would have refused the apple stating "How am I supposed to make beer out of that?".
Hi, and the world would have been a very much better place ... playing WITP for eternity but have to put up with endless Terminus posts

[:D]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:42 pm
by Mynok
That's because he's Danish. It's already winter there. [:D]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:48 pm
by LargeSlowTarget
ORIGINAL: Mynok
Just think how different things might have been if beer had been invented before woman was. Adam would have refused the apple stating "How am I supposed to make beer out of that?".
Don't think this would have changed much - cider, cidre, Ebbelwoi, whatever you call it - is equal to beer in %-alcohol.
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:59 pm
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: Mynok
That's because he's Danish. It's already winter there. [:D]
Actually, we're having a particularly glorious and mild autumn at the moment. No hurricanes here... We had one in 1999 that was a big deal by our standards. It just barely squeaked into category 1.
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 1:51 am
by ilovestrategy
Hmmm. 3500 B.C. I wonder if they advertised beer with a bunch of horses pulling some chariot around near some mountian spring and had fights to the death while shouting"Tastes Great! Less Filling!" [:D][:D][:D]
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 4:53 am
by ChezDaJez
quote:
ORIGINAL: Mynok
quote:
Though the presence of woman may have been a motivating factor...
Just think how different things might have been if beer had been invented before woman was. Adam would have refused the apple stating "How am I supposed to make beer out of that?".
Hi, and the world would have been a very much better place ... playing WITP for eternity but have to put up with endless Terminus posts
Yeah, except then we would have to go (censored) ourselves to have kids and guess who gets the stretch marks!
Chez
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 4:56 am
by Tankerace
Ah Hamlet, there's the rub.
Plus side: No war.
Down Side: Man becomes extinct as soon as Adam kicks the bucket.
RE: OT Beer History do not bring in idiot politics into this thread
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:32 am
by Mike Scholl
Perhaps it would be best to consider BEER as mankind's first "spice". We know that strong spices like pepper were litterally worth their weight in gold in the Middle Ages because they could disguise the flavor of un-refrigerated food that was "past it's prime". Maybe if viewed from the standpoint that a few beers can make anything look and taste better..., even the Wife! Would explain what I've heard of Beer being used as currancy in Egypt.