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A Geologic View Of Beer

Posted by timothy on from the limeade-doesn't-dull-the-senses dept.

jmichaelg writes "Older beer drinkers may remember the Olympia Beer ads that trilled "tis the waters..." The NY Times (reg required) has an article that describes how the geology surrounding a brewery affected the local water chemistry and determined the kind of beer a brewery could produce. Pilsners came from regions with naturally acidic waters while Guiness Stout comes from alkaline waters which percolated through pre-Permian limestone. Read the article and learn how German Brewmeisters hacked their way around the laws which banned chemically augmenting their product."

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  1. Apparently, American breweries... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...are built surrounding naturally-occuring urine springs.

    1. Re:Apparently, American breweries... by ForestGrump · · Score: 2, Funny

      According to their advertisements, they are located by a pond.

      Its the alcoholic discharge from the brewery into the pond that causes frogs to talk.

      Grump

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  2. Re:Ten thousand years from now.... by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 4, Funny

    The interesting thing will be that the brewery will be opened, owned, and operated by the hops itself.

  3. Beer OR water : ) by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

    he is extremely familiar with both beer and water

    Preposterous! No man has ever been aquainted with both liquids!

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