Dunno Marduk, I didn't read it. But hops in ale in England was actually illegal till the 15th C, and as I pointed out, in law their is a strict definition.
People use the word beer because they don't know the difference between ale and beer. If it ain't got hops it ain't beer.
95% of women in the UK call a vacuum cleaner a Hoover, that don't make them Hoovers, that is simply the result of a good marketing ploy. and the brewing iundustry define their ale and beers according to whether they have hops in them. Hopefully they know what they are talking about.
Homo Erectus' Seafaring Capabilities
Moderators: MichelleH, Minimalist, JPeters
firstly we're not talking about english lawBut hops in ale in England was actually illegal till the 15th C
secondly we are talking about the thrid millenium bce
so you're about 4500 years too up to date to be laying this definition on Beer
by definition a beer is a drink brewed from cereals
it doesn't even need to have alcohol in it to be called beer
and it certainly doesnt need to have hops

Beer
You guys are all wrong ... that is not why beer was invented. Take a look at her and tell me how many beers it would take?

Now, I ask you: wouldn't you rather just invent a decent bag to put over her head? There's no hangover and it's reusable!

Now, I ask you: wouldn't you rather just invent a decent bag to put over her head? There's no hangover and it's reusable!

Natural selection favors the paranoid
-
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 16033
- Joined: Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:09 pm
- Location: Arizona
Now, I ask you: wouldn't you rather just invent a decent bag to put over her head?
With doggie-style you don't even need a bag.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin