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| ChrisWChandler |
I am one of the world's foremost experts on beer.
I will be offering my expert knowledge and answering your questions here for a limited time only.
Fire away. |
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| Lira |
| Is there a beer as powerful as vodka? |
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| Sushipunk |
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| ChrisWChandler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Is there a beer as powerful as vodka? |
Depends on the definition of beer.
Conventional beer yeasts won't ferment much beyond the mid teens (ABV ~15%). It's possible to get a little more alcohol by fermenting with yeasts that will go a bit higher (eg: wine yeasts). Still nowhere near vodka.
You can freeze the water out of beer or distill it in a conventional manner and make it as alcoholic as vodka, but is it still beer? Some breweries have done this, mostly as a novelty thing.
You could call whisky distilled beer. Excluding the hops it has the same base ingredients. |
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| Vector A |
How does the typical beer snob differ from the typical wine snob?
Is there any overlap between the two groups? |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChrisWChandler
Depends on the definition of beer.
Conventional beer yeasts won't ferment much beyond the mid teens (ABV ~15%). It's possible to get a little more alcohol by fermenting with yeasts that will go a bit higher (eg: wine yeasts). Still nowhere near vodka.
You can freeze the water out of beer or distill it in a conventional manner and make it as alcoholic as vodka, but is it still beer? Some breweries have done this, mostly as a novelty thing.
You could call whisky distilled beer. Excluding the hops it has the same base ingredients. |
Thanks! Does it taste better with coke or pepsi? |
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| ChrisWChandler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
How does the typical beer snob differ from the typical wine snob?
Is there any overlap between the two groups? |
In my experience there is little overlap between the two groups. I have seen quite an overlap between fans of beer and whisky though.
Beer snobbery has got somewhat closer to wine snobbery in recent years. A growing number of breweries are putting out a very high end product specifically aimed at fans of fine beer. They aren't quite charging wine prices yet but the days when you could get the best beers in the world for little more than 'regular' beer are long gone. There are clearly a growing number of people willing to pay up to $30 for special and rare beers (750ml bottles).
The cost of very high end wine necessitates that it became more a hobby for the very wealthy. High end beer is certainly more open to the average person. This is certainly evident if you go to any gathering of beer fans. |
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| ChrisWChandler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Thanks! Does it taste better with coke or pepsi? |
Personal preference. |
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| ChrisWChandler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
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I'm glad to see that you are a fan of comic books. They never really were my sort of thing though, seemed far to geeky. Whatever floats your boat though my friend. |
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| tubularbills |
| not to discredit you, but i think stu is more of a beer expert than you are. |
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| Spam |
| My local pourhouse is no longer able to carry Bitburger in draught form. How can I contact the distributor and force them to ship Kegs to Canada again? Alternatively, what's a good draught beer that will replace my delicious staple? |
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| WittyHandle |
| How much better is Coors Light than every other beer? Like waaaaaayyy better, or more than that even? |
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