In reply to Indy - Guy :
Finger lickin' good??
In reply to Indy - Guy :
Finger lickin' good??
Beer Baron said:914Driver said:
Taxes also had a massive effect on shaping regional beer styles.
Taxes on the volume produced? You get higher ABV styles.
Taxes on the grain used? Lower ABV styles.
It also applies to whiskey. Irish whiskey is characterized by using a portion of unmalted barley in the grist. This came about to avoid taxes on malted barley.
The running joke is that Scotch is made in used bourbon barrels because the distilleries are too stingy to use new ones.
(mmmm Scotch. And bourbon)
I tried this, even at $1500 a bottle it tastes like kerosene to me. It's probably best .....
Beer Baron said:In reply to ShawnG :
Not funny: A rote political comment.
Funny: The Scots and Irish will always find creative ways to thumb their noses at the British.
You're right, my bad.
Funny as well: An island with four groups of people on it, who all hate each other managed to take over half the world.
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
But only two fishes there
johndej said:In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
But only two fishes there
That's the Irish edition.
In reply to NickD :
Oh they'd prefer to free us from our jobs so we can all focus on being our particular individuals in Terrafoam dormitories, they just haven't figured that out yet.
Classic sci-fi meme:
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