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Default Beer over ice

On 2/4/2015 9:34 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> On 2/4/2015 8:24 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> "Bryan-TGWWW" > wrote in message
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>>>> No one has ever made a good case why beer shouldn't be poured over ice
>>>> cubes.
>>>> Sodapop over ice is a normal thing. I can see why weak, flavorless
>>>> ****water
>>>> beer would be silly on the rocks, but a 6.5%, highly hopped ale is nice
>>>> in
>>>> a
>>>> glass with ice. The ice tames both the alcohol and the carbonation.
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>>> Ick. Watered down beer would taste like Coors. Most mass produced
>>> corporate swill tastes like the back of your throat after having a sip of
>>> beer a and then rinsing your mouth out.
>>>

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>> Jeepers! I'm glad I don't drink beer. You guys make it sound like it's the
>> worst crap imaginable. I'll stick with Diet Dr. Pepper. :-)

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> There is beer and there is swill. Really good beer is well ... really good.
>


I'm drinking a bad cup of a coffee right now but I drink the stuff for
the caffeine anyway. The coffee maker at my office makes only bad cups.
My only hope is that the restaurant that's opening next door will have
some good stuff. I'm fairly certain it's going to be better than the
swill I'm drinking now.

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