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I glass manufacturer Riedel have done a lot of research into the effect of different-shaped glasses on the senses. I was gifted some of their very expensive hand-blown glasses years ago, they come out about once a year, if that, as I'm frightened to use them!
https://www.riedel.com/en-gb
Very impressive glasses Jack. 11th generation as well; so they have some pedigree behind them. It's a pity there only used for 'grape juice'
I don't know how much truth there is to this, but I heard that when Corona started canning beer in addition to their standard clear bottle, people complained because it didn't taste the same, so they added UV light to their canning process to intentional skunk the beer.
Aye it's called Sun Strike. I was chatting to a brewer just the other week. He gave me 2 samples of the same beer; one normal and one that had unfortunately been caught by the sun. The difference was pronounced with that 'skunk' tasting beer pretty disgusting in comparison.
I didn't know that about Corona but this chap also told me Heinenken had had to do the same because apparently the skunk taste was part of their 'taste profile'. But then they changed their brewing process and lost it and their loyal fans complained that their beer was 'off'??
I drank in a Chinese speakeasy in the shade of a limestone cliff, frequented by 'colourful characters' in Malaysia (there are a lot of sly and not-so-sly grog shops due to the prevailing Muslim culture) and was amused to see that a big Guinness sign was usually above the bar in these places.
Yes, I did have some nice pours of Guinness in Ireland (funnily enough the Guinness in the Felons Club in Belfast tasted the best to me) but I suppose it just comes down to freshness, and clean lines. An ex-girlfriend who tended bar, schooled me on really tasting beer, she could take one sip of a beer that tasted the same to me as anywhere else, and say 'they don't clean their lines properly here, let's go somewhere else'!
That is interesting about the lines. I was having an interesting conversation about different types of line-cleaner with a young bar-manager just last week. Certainly a lot more thought, work, and care could be put into cleaning them here
@Cambertree. Thats looks like a great bar
Glad you made it out alive Unless of course you yourself were one of the 'colourful characters' Yip when I managed a pub years ago I insisted on cleaning the lines at least once a week, and often more depending how much beer we sold. Of course back then we sold a heck of a lot more beer than most pubs sell these days
The pub was renowned for having the best beer in the district.-David
