quite simply put, we homebrewers & vintners, we're sup(*hic)ior beings ;^)
Hope this assuages your feelings & "scrooge" 'em if they can't take a joke
(or healthful suggestion!) cheers & regards, bob



"Barb" > wrote in message
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> Hi folks. With all the problems with alcohol seemingly rampant in the UK
> lately - for various reasons, cheapness, accessibility, street-cred, etc.
> etc. - it seems to be the fashion in the media lately to clobber drinking
> of any kind.
>
> There's a kind of grudging admission that One Glass Of Red Wine Is Good
> For You, but that's it!!! Without going into a long argument about what
> is, and what isn't, sensible drinking - we're all adults here, hopefully -
> how is it that people in Europe have been drinking wine regularly for
> years (centuries, even!) in moderate quantities, and haven't had the
> promised "epidemic" of liver disease and all the other nasties?
>
> There was a prog on the telly the other night maintaining that even a
> couple of glasses with a meal was bad for you! I, personally, can't deal
> with this! I'm getting a conscience every time I have a glass of my
> latest lovely homebrew! Help !!!!
>
> Barb
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