http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/08/30/original-%e2%80%9cbeer-hunter%e2%80%9d-michael-jackson-dead-at-age-67/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:58:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/08/30/original-%e2%80%9cbeer-hunter%e2%80%9d-michael-jackson-dead-at-age-67/#comment-1806 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:04:18 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2007/08/30/original-%e2%80%9cbeer-hunter%e2%80%9d-michael-jackson-dead-at-age-67/#comment-1806 [...] Though the process of brewing is a science, creating good beer is an art. The craft-brewer is an artisan as well as a practical scientist. One alter-ego cannot survive without the other. Sure, there are many scientifically perfect beers, brewed with little or no creativity, like the typical American or European macro-lagers. These flavor challenged beers are designed to be accepted into our mouth like water, with just enough flavor to disguise the alcohol, allowing us to ingest large volumes seemingly without consequence. This reminds me of saying on a favorite T-shirt owned by the recently deceased beer writer Michael Jackson; “Beer– If you can’t taste it, why bother?” [...] […] Though the process of brewing is a science, creating good beer is an art. The craft-brewer is an artisan as well as a practical scientist. One alter-ego cannot survive without the other. Sure, there are many scientifically perfect beers, brewed with little or no creativity, like the typical American or European macro-lagers. These flavor challenged beers are designed to be accepted into our mouth like water, with just enough flavor to disguise the alcohol, allowing us to ingest large volumes seemingly without consequence. This reminds me of saying on a favorite T-shirt owned by the recently deceased beer writer Michael Jackson; “Beer– If you can’t taste it, why bother?” […]

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