"Joel" > wrote in message
...
> J. Alstrom > wrote:
>>"Hops Are to Beer What Grapes Are to Wine"
>
> Hops provide fermentable sugars?! Who'd say such an
> ignorant thing?

The only purpose of grapes in wine is to provide fermentable sugars? Who'd
imply such a disingenuous thing?

>>The Boston Beer Company...
>
> Oh, them. Figures.
> --
> Joel Plutchak "Eat everything. Have fun." - Julia Child.
> plutchak at [...]

Oh, you. Figures.

Really. Grapes are to wine what malt AND hops (in part) are to beer; i.e.,
the source of the fuel AND a varietal differentiation. It's not a wholly
incorrect analogy.
--
Lew Bryson

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