XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments   
   From: vze1sar1@verizon.net   
      
   Diana wrote:   
   > Chandra P Das wrote:   
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   >>>I probably would have everyone lynching me because of my unorthodox   
   >>>ways of alcohol intake. Use the right glasses with the proper   
   >   
   > drinks?   
   >   
   >>>Me? Only sometimes.   
   >>   
   >>What would you think of people who make and prescribe a different   
   >   
   > type   
   >   
   >>of specialty glass for each of their beers? Meet the Belgians. They   
   >   
   > make   
   >   
   >>some fantastic beers though, as I finally discovered in my recent   
   >   
   > winter   
   >   
   >>vacation in Montreal.   
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   >   
   >  14 Canadian for less than a pint (I think) of   
   >   
   >>Duvel; but it was so good I couldn't help myself to another, and then   
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   >   
   >>another . . .. ;)   
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   >   
   > Oy vey! I'd personally go a little nuts if I had to remember which beer   
   > went with each glass. But, I'd think it pretty interesting that they do   
   > that.   
   >   
   > And since I know now that they do, I find it really interesting. I   
   > looked it up, and saw that they use stemmed glasses for their beers.   
   > That's pretty neat, too.   
   >   
      
   Yea, it's pretty cool. Good beers deserve proper attention and respect.   
   I haven't done research into exactly how the different glasses are   
   supposed to optimize a beer's drinking enjoyment, but I *can* say that a   
   few years ago I switched from religiously drinking straight out of the   
   bottle to drinking religiously out of a mug; and yes, it makes a   
   noticeable difference, especially after a couple of sips (the tilting up   
   and down of the bottle gradually ruins the texture of the beer, leading   
   to the pronounced and icky 'backwash' effect). I'm sure the Belgians   
   have invested some more sophisticated science into optimizing the beer   
   drinking experience.   
      
   > What were your favorites? (other than Duvel) What kind of distinctive   
   > flavor did they have? (Yeah, I'm being all questions Magee)   
      
   Getting around to the other beers on the menu is a problem when you   
   start off with Duvel. I was surprised -- it's a high alcohol beer (8.5%   
   or so by vol) without any of the typically abrasive malty aftertaste. I   
   wish I could describe its flavor in some meaningful detail but it's   
   already been several weeks since I had it. All I can remember is that it   
   was really fantastic -- no worse than the best beer I've ever tasted.   
      
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   >   
   >>>My mom, however, is a wine enthusiast, and could probably tell me   
   >>>anything about the fine art of wine tasting. Maybe someday... :)   
   >>   
   >>I've made a promise never to spend more than twenty bucks on a bottle   
   >   
   > of   
   >   
   >>wine. Interfers with the honesty of my proletarian projections.   
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   >   
   > heh. I can say --with a fair amount of certainty, unless the wine was   
   > REALLY good)-- that I agree with your "proletarian projections."   
   >   
      
   There are some really heavenly upscale wines, I could never deny that;   
   in fact I've had some here and there. But that's where it has to end for   
   me. As one of the leaders of the Electronic Proletarian Artists   
   Movement, it would be instant suicide for me to indulge in such decadence.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)