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WCDT Strips 3991-3995 (29 April - 3 May 2019)
oddtail:
This explains so much. I do not associate IPAs with heavy bitterness. Reading that IPAs are super-hoppy and extremely bitter, I was wondering whether my taste buds are dead, or whether American beers *other* than IPAs have no hint of bitterness at all, making IPAs seem very bitter in comparison...
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 05 May 2019, 04:50 ---I seriously worry for the long term health of the persistent imbiber’s gut flora.
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"Shut up, Liver. You're fine."
Tova:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 05 May 2019, 04:50 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 05 May 2019, 02:32 ---So, I've just tasted a beer that describes itself as "American IPA."
I understand the adverse reaction to IPA here now. Yikes.
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Ah, yes, “American IPA” is a category all it’s own; there has been a trend in recent years for US microbreweries to compete with each other to brew the hoppiest beer they can and they are now even at the point of advertising the variety and flavour of their hops in favour of the actual beer which is amazing to me. And horrifying since the original IPAs were specifically brewed so that the hops didn’t overpower the beer flavour, since the point was to prevent the beer spoiling on the long trip to India, rather than to create a new flavour, so these guys are effectively adding more and more antiseptic to their product for no other reason than because they can; I seriously worry for the long term health of the persistent imbiber’s gut flora.
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I totally lost your train of thought there, until I got to the end where I guess you’re saying chronic alcohol is bad for gut flora? Which I guess is true, it’s not the first thing I think of when I worry about persistent imbibers, and it’s not just (or even particularly) IPAs, but otherwise yeeeah?
Akima:
I think Mr. Rose's concern is that the extra hops added to the original IPAs acted as a "disinfectant" to prevent the beer going bad on the long sea-voyage from the UK to India, and that modern American IPAs have even more hops, or "disinfectant", that might poison the drinker's gut flora bacteria. I do not know about the action of hops in IPAs, or whether their action is a "disinfectant" that might affect drinkers' gut flora, so I cannot judge his argument.
Can a 2.5m tall, red, statuesque battle-bot really sidle? Sneaking isn't really Bubbles's style. Or is it Sven who's supposed to be sidling? And did Jeph forget the whites of Bubbles's eyes in the second panel?
Penquin47:
Sven's the sidler. He approached Bubbles to thank her for her service.
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