Comments on: The Science of Beer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/08/02/the-science-of-beer/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Sweet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/08/02/the-science-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-170425 James Sweet Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:28:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7244#comment-170425 I got into homebrewing in March, and I've been pretty obsessive about it ever since. One thing the article is a little iffy on is that the regionality of beer styles has less to do with the water <i>flavor</i> and more to do with the water <i>chemistry</i>. Also, "racking" is typically accomplished by siphoning, not by pouring -- otherwise you oxidize your beer and that's bad for the flavor and the shelf life. And @Georg, yes, beer without hop, though I suppose one could debate where the boundary of "beer" comes in. Many different bittering agents have been used in the past, not just the ones the article mentions. People still experiment with that today. I might even try it sometime... Cool that people are interested in this stuff, even if the article is a little iffy on a couple of details. It's mostly a good summary. I got into homebrewing in March, and I’ve been pretty obsessive about it ever since. One thing the article is a little iffy on is that the regionality of beer styles has less to do with the water flavor and more to do with the water chemistry. Also, “racking” is typically accomplished by siphoning, not by pouring — otherwise you oxidize your beer and that’s bad for the flavor and the shelf life.

And @Georg, yes, beer without hop, though I suppose one could debate where the boundary of “beer” comes in. Many different bittering agents have been used in the past, not just the ones the article mentions. People still experiment with that today. I might even try it sometime…

Cool that people are interested in this stuff, even if the article is a little iffy on a couple of details. It’s mostly a good summary.

]]> By: Ben http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/08/02/the-science-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-169852 Ben Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:42:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7244#comment-169852 In case anyone else is looking, an example of Middle Engilsh usage of "goddis good" for yeast ("berme") is here - http://books.google.com/books?id=jGdIAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Berme%2C%20otherwise%20clepid%20goddis%20good%2C%22&pg=PA324#v=onepage&q=%22Berme,%20otherwise%20clepid%20goddis%20good,%22&f=false In case anyone else is looking, an example of Middle Engilsh usage of “goddis good” for yeast (“berme”) is here –

http://books.google.com/books?id=jGdIAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Berme%2C%20otherwise%20clepid%20goddis%20good%2C%22&pg=PA324#v=onepage&q=%22Berme,%20otherwise%20clepid%20goddis%20good,%22&f=false

]]> By: John Farrell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/08/02/the-science-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-169363 John Farrell Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:57:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7244#comment-169363 May I suggest Tequila? :) http://blogs.forbes.com/johnfarrell/2011/07/22/the-science-of-tequila-snobbery/ May I suggest Tequila?

:)

http://blogs.forbes.com/johnfarrell/2011/07/22/the-science-of-tequila-snobbery/

]]> By: Georg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/08/02/the-science-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-169338 Georg Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:21:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7244#comment-169338 Beer without hop? Beer without hop?

]]> By: Richard L http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/08/02/the-science-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-169291 Richard L Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:59:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7244#comment-169291 I'll just add: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNBTygWcy0s I’ll just add:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNBTygWcy0s

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