Text 7725, 72 rader
Skriven 2008-05-24 16:30:00 av Nancy Backus (34346.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 7624 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re:booze was new+tiny 349
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-23-08  09:33 <=-

 NB>> Yeah, right... :)  Over in MEMORIES, we've had the dog/cat wars, and
 NB>> the chocolate (Nestle vs Ovaltine vs Hershey etc) wars... and more... 
 NB>> But almost always done in a friendly fashion... :)

 ML> If only all wars were as civilized as ours. Reminds me of the
 ML> south sea island where it is said that wars are fought in a
 ML> peculiar fashion: each tribe goes into a killing frenzy - of
 ML> its own livestock. The tribe that kills more livestock wins
 ML> the war. Thus, the group that wants more to win wins. After
 ML> the carnage, everyone gets together and has a big old feast.

That's an interesting take, too.. :)  And they are probably referred to
as savages...  ;) 

 ML>> It's not just the malt, it's how you treat the malt. In the case of
 ML>> Guinness, it's roasted dark, getting rid of some of the sugars (good
 ML>> for me) and imparting an almost burned caramelly taste.
 NB>> So, are you saying that to my tastes, the way the malt was treated is
 NB>> what ruins beer for me?  I guess that could be another theory.  :)

 ML> As Guinness is hopped at a very moderate level, I think the
 ML> blackening of the malt is the most likely candidate. It imparts
 ML> a chocolatiness that some like but a hint of bitterness that
 ML> others don't.

Is the malt blackened for other beers, too?  Or is this just an
explanation for why the dark beers, even with less hops, are still
something I can't like?  I've wondered for years why I never could
develop a taste for ANY beer...

 NB>> time that I did, I'd just had my first of 10 iron infusion treatments,
 NB>> and the iron dripping in reminded me so strongly of my college
 NB>> friend's favorite drink (the Rusty Nail, made of scotch and scotch
 NB>> liqueur, of which I'd had a sip, before developing my taste for
 NB>> scotch), that I needed to have a nip when I got home, my tastebuds
 NB>> were that set!  :) 

 ML> Talk about interesting ways of having your triggers triggered.
 ML> If I liked that drink (which I think is okay, but I prefer my
 ML> Scotch straight) I'd be after one every time I went into an old
 ML> house or rode on a train!

I see I wasn't clear.  I didn't go for the Rusty Nail (although
sometimes even a straight Scotch is reminiscent of the taste)... I went
for my good stuff at home... straight...  It only happened for the first
infusion, too.  For the next nine, I didn't have any side effects.  (G) 
But it was* a very interesting side effect on the first infusion!  ;)

 ML> We just had a tot of Glenmorangie 18 - pretty fine stuff -
 ML> my contribution was the Lismore no-age-designated (said to be
 ML> a 7), which though good was not in the same league (nor
 ML> pricewise - it cost 1/6 as much and came with a nifty little
 ML> sampling glass).

When I first developed a taste for Scotch, my then-boyfriend liked the
top blendeds, like Chivas and JWBlack and Pinch, so that's what I drank.
Some years later, a fellow scotch drinker friend of mine discovered
Glenlivet, and had to share the experience with me.  (grin)  The rest is
history, I guess... ;)  I won't go back to the blendeds unless there is
no other option and I feel the need to imbibe something similar with a
friend... obviously at some not-really-up-to-snuff place.  Usually I
just pass in that case, though...  ;)

ttyl      neb

... "This chicken has no beak," said Tom impeccably.

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