wolfeden
Refugee
Okaaaayyy... does anyone know anything about this 'beer allergy' of the B-man's? First I ever heard of this today amongst the details of the article regarding him possibly buying part of the brewery...
Swan269 said:pour slowly and stir=no foam
zoney! said:How does ones body differentiate "cheap" and "non-cheap" ?
Tabby said:But beer is like soda, if you drink all the foam up first the rest will taste flat
wolfeden said:
well speaking as a winemaker, the 'cheap' stuff often has a very high level of sulfites; sulfites are preservative substances used to keep the wine from spoiling and going to vinegar.
Finer wines don't have as much, because more care is taken by the winery to keep everything as clean and free of contamination as possible - hence more expensive.
Sulfites are known to cause throat irritation as well as more insidious long-term effects like cancer. Also, something about red wine is known to cause problems for singers in general; I recall reading an interview with, I *think*, Audra McDonald (opera singer) who mentioned performing in Italy and how she was given a VERY expensive bottle of red wine as a gift and she could not drink it while slated to be performing.... something about the tannins perhaps, or the astringent qualities in general.
PS - There are starting to be more 'organic' wines out there nowadays with no sulfites whatsoever.
Almost forgot The Clarence does a good one as well