Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?
P. J. Alling
webster26 at mindspring.com
Sun Jun 10 16:32:16 EDT 2007
If you want to be precise speak Esperanto.
Bob W wrote:
> All Pilsners may be lager, but not all lagers are Pilsner. Pilsners
> come from Pilsen as Lancashire cheese comes from Lancashire, but not
> all cheese is from Lancashire.
>
> Nothing to do with the precision or otherwise of the language. Trying
> to make a natural language precise in all respects probably is a
> foolish endeavour.
>
> --
> Bob
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On
>> Behalf Of graywolf
>> Sent: 10 June 2007 19:03
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?
>>
>> To which I have to reply, can you actually have a British
>> lager? <GRIN>
>>
>> Can Pilsners be made anywhere other than Czechoslovakia?
>> Which according to my atlas no longer exists. Of course, my
>> dictionary says Pilsen is in Bohemia and that seems to have
>> been gone a long long time. It also says that Bohemia was a
>> Kingdom in the former Czech Republic????
>>
>> So, since English does not seem to be a very precise
>> language, I guess you can say anything at all. Us folks who
>> try to make it precise are apparently the village idiots.
>>
>> --
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>> Bob W wrote:
>>
>>> No reason why you can't have American IPA if we can have British
>>> lager, and so on. It's just a style of brewing, that's all.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On
>>>> Behalf Of graywolf
>>>> Sent: 09 June 2007 23:32
>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>>> Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?
>>>>
>>>> Is there such a thing as an american IPA? India Pale Ale was
>>>> a British invention, the hops were supposed to make it travel
>>>> well, e.g. to India by sailing ship for the troops to drink.
>>>>
>>>> Anchor makes a pretty decent Porter, but that is about the
>>>> only American made version that is actually good, Black Hook
>>>> is mediocre at best and the rest, well... Most microbrewers
>>>> try, but lose something in translation.
>>>>
>>>> Strangely most of the microbrews are more expensive than the
>>>> imports. Well, most folks think expensive is good. BTW
>>>> "premium beer" is an american invention, the term means the
>>>> same cheap beer at a higher price. <sorry no grin>.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Rick Womer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never heard American IPAs described as bland
>>>>> before! What puts most people off them is their
>>>>> hoppiness.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Bob W <pdml at web-options.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm quite adventurous in my beer explorations. IPA
>>>>>> is one of the few
>>>>>> beers I don't particularly like - it's too bland.
>>>>>> Stout is another.
>>>>>> This makes for a difficult choice after a game of
>>>>>> squash because the
>>>>>> bar at my club only serves IPA and stout. A few
>>>>>> weeks ago I found a
>>>>>> shop which sold quite a wide range of US
>>>>>> micro-beers, so I bought a
>>>>>> bottle of each to try them and I was rather
>>>>>> disappointed, to be
>>>>>> honest. Most of them were too malty for me. I guess
>>>>>> they don't travel
>>>>>> particularly well. Either that or they're meant to
>>>>>> be served much
>>>>>> colder than I like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Behalf Of David J Brooks
>>>>>>> Sent: 09 June 2007 13:01
>>>>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> microbreweries in NC?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I usually dont get advebtursome in my beer buying,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> but i bougt 6 of
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the ipa from West Jeferson. Yet to try one, maybe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> tonight after
>>>>>> Erins
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> show
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/8/07, Mark Roberts <msroberts01 at ysu.edu>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I almost always bring back some Cottonwood
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brewery "Endo" pale ale
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (official slogan: "Over the bars!") from North
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Carolina. This time
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> also brought back a selection of brews by the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Highland
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brewing Company:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kashmir Pale Ale, Black Mocha Stout and Oatmeal
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Porter. Excellent
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> brews, every one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just another fringe benefit of driving down to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Blue Ridge
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> country ;-)
>>>>>>>
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