I have just started reading a book written by Cyril Pearl, called "Beer Glorious Beer!" It is pretty good so far though I am not far into it, there is a section on beer myths, and here is one which will get a few of you blokes dander up I'll bet! The quote .............'The ultimate irony of the situation is that few people, if indeed any, can tell the subtle difference between one beer and another.'.......................now before all you self proclaimed beer experts get too cranked up, the person who quoted this also adds a test to prove it, I am a bit sceptical at this stage and havn't tried it yet, but I would be interested to hear about anyone on here that has or is going to....................The test is as follows The expert is blindfolded and confronted with a glass of beer, a glass of water, and a glass of stout. He tastes one glass which he correctly identifies as stout. He is given the second glass, which he correctly identifies as beer.The third glass he identifies as water, but when the glasses are mixed and tasted a second time, he finishes up by declaring the water to be beer and follows this by declaring the stout to be water!
Don't shoot the messenger, I just read it and passed it on!
Oliver, if you have never seen the book it would be worth your while trying to get a copy, it could have some interesting information for the site, if you can't locate it and would like to read it I could send you this copy on loan if you like.
'Beer Glorious Beer'
By Cyril Pearl
Published by Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd. 1969
Printed by the Griffin Press, Adelaide S.A.
This will stir a few blokes up!
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gregb wrote:Before attempting this, back the dispense pressure off to about 2psi.Chris wrote:That's what kegs are for.
Insert one beer gun...
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Re: This will stir a few blokes up!
Two points to note:r.magnay wrote:I have just started reading a book written by Cyril Pearl, called "Beer Glorious Beer!" It is pretty good so far though I am not far into it, there is a section on beer myths, and here is one which will get a few of you blokes dander up I'll bet! The quote .............'The ultimate irony of the situation is that few people, if indeed any, can tell the subtle difference between one beer and another.'.......................now before all you self proclaimed beer experts get too cranked up, the person who quoted this also adds a test to prove it, I am a bit sceptical at this stage and havn't tried it yet, but I would be interested to hear about anyone on here that has or is going to....................The test is as follows The expert is blindfolded and confronted with a glass of beer, a glass of water, and a glass of stout. He tastes one glass which he correctly identifies as stout. He is given the second glass, which he correctly identifies as beer.The third glass he identifies as water, but when the glasses are mixed and tasted a second time, he finishes up by declaring the water to be beer and follows this by declaring the stout to be water!
Don't shoot the messenger, I just read it and passed it on!
Oliver, if you have never seen the book it would be worth your while trying to get a copy, it could have some interesting information for the site, if you can't locate it and would like to read it I could send you this copy on loan if you like.
'Beer Glorious Beer'
By Cyril Pearl
Published by Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd. 1969
Printed by the Griffin Press, Adelaide S.A.
1. "Beer" includes stout / stout is "Beer", and
2. Any decent beer judging comp wouldn't mix non stouts and stouts in the one flight...
Thanks Cyril for your contribution to the brewing fraternity
My $0.02...
& thank you Sir for your contribution.
...all 2 cents of it
...all 2 cents of it
Last edited by chris. on Thursday Oct 11, 2007 9:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
When you taste a beer, the tastebuds are not the only thing you are taking, as with that test (which I doubt anyway).
When you taste a beer you are also taking in
The surroundings
The glass (and/or bottle)
The colour of the beer
The temperature of the beer
The aroma of the beer
The aroma of your surroundings
Your mood
Your palette
When you ate last
The people you are around
The time of day
How much you feel like a beer!
What colour shirt you're wearing
In my opinion (except the last one) all of this affects how the beer tastes and how you will interpret the flavours. Blinfolding in a test situation scrubs most of that out, and it is hardly optimum environment for tasting drinks.
When you taste a beer you are also taking in
The surroundings
The glass (and/or bottle)
The colour of the beer
The temperature of the beer
The aroma of the beer
The aroma of your surroundings
Your mood
Your palette
When you ate last
The people you are around
The time of day
How much you feel like a beer!
What colour shirt you're wearing
In my opinion (except the last one) all of this affects how the beer tastes and how you will interpret the flavours. Blinfolding in a test situation scrubs most of that out, and it is hardly optimum environment for tasting drinks.
Coopers.
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Re: This will stir a few blokes up!
Here's the cover, with a glorious picture of the great man, Cyril Pearl
Cheers,
Oliver
Cheers,
Oliver