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Foam stability is an important concern for the first perception of the beer by the consumer and is therefore the object of the greatest care by the brewers and the barmen in charge to serve draft beer, or to properly pour beer into a glass from the bottle (with a good head retention and without overfoaming, or gushing when opening the bottle).
In England, where the consumption of the egg in beer is centuries old, a mix of beer, raw egg, honey and other herbs could be prescribed to the sick. Posset, famously consumed in Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor, consists partly in eggs whipped with cream, sugar, and beer or wine. Syllabub is made by mixing egg whites cream and wine. The ...
a Scottish private soldier (slang) (UK: squaddie) slang term for an athlete slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving * (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones
Just as the composition of the beer (proteins, hops, yeast residue, filtration) affects a beer's head, the amount of lacing is also closely controlled by the specific composition of the beer, and beer connoisseurs can tell much by the lacing, though strictly speaking beer quality is not readily apparent by the head or the lacing. [2]
An old whiskey still A display of various liquors in a supermarket Some single-drink liquor bottles available in Germany. Liquor (/ ˈ l ɪ k ər / LIK-ər) or distilled beverages are alcoholic drinks produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.
Addiction experts in psychiatry, chemistry, pharmacology, forensic science, epidemiology, and the police and legal services engaged in delphic analysis regarding 20 popular recreational substances. Alcohol was ranked 6th in dependence, 11th in physical harm, and 2nd in social harm. [ 75 ]
Traditionally, the liquor is consumed in a single gulp and is then "chased" by the beer, which is sipped. [9] [10] The liquor and beer may be mixed by pouring or dropping the shot into the beer. The mixture may be stirred. [9] If the shot glass is dropped into the beer glass, the drink can also be known as a depth charge. [11]
Small beer (also known as small ale or table beer) is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%. [1] [2] Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval Europe and colonial North America compared with more expensive beer containing higher levels of alcohol. [3]