Reproducing an Ancient New World Beer 175
The Edible Geography blog has an amusing piece about Patrick McGovern, the "Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages," and his role in the production of a 3,400-year-old Mesoamerican beer recreated from a chemical analysis of pottery fragments. "McGovern describes his collaboration with Dogfish Head craft brewers ... to create a beer based on the core ingredients of early New World alcohol: chocolate beans (in nib form, as the cacao pods are too perishable to transport from Honduras to Delaware), honey, corn, ancho chillis, and annatto. ... The result? Cloudy and quite strong (9% A.B.V.), but more refreshing than you would think: the chocolate is savoury rather than sweet, and the chilli is just a very subtle, almost herbal, aftertaste. There is almost no head."
Excellent! (Score:5, Funny)
Almost no head (Score:5, Funny)
welcome to my marriage
The Indiana Jones of Alcohol (Score:5, Funny)
Okay, that is officially the best job description ever.
FInally a good story (Score:5, Funny)
There's been a drought of good stories on Slashdot lately, leaving me parched for more. This is a great way to pop open some new discussion, jump in, and drink deeply of the conversation. Did anyone find the actual recipe? I'm thirsty for more knowledge.
Missing from the article... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:FInally a good story (Score:5, Funny)
The puns are just bubbling from you aren't they? Got any more brewing?
Sorry, had to head that one off at the pass.
Inhaling Beer? (Score:3, Funny)
Heroin users call that chasing the dragon :)
Re:FInally a good story (Score:5, Funny)
Got any more brewing
Consider the following as a barley funny rough draught.
My approach for whatever ales me when reading Slashot is to reduce the problem to pint-sized portions, then with stout determination engage in vigorous physical activity to ferment a solution, ideally, starting with a bending of the elbow. When possible, I leave it to the barmaid to determine whether the glass is half-empty or half-full.
Cheers.
Re:History of Alcohol (Score:5, Funny)
The result? Cloudy and quite strong (9% A.B.V.) (Score:5, Funny)
AC had a few. (Score:5, Funny)
Really? How many Ancient Ales did you have tonight?
Re:History of Alcohol (Score:3, Funny)
Luckily, when it comes to developing a culinary tradition of booze, those two statements are essentially synonymous....
That's not Mayan language, it's Homeric verse. (Score:4, Funny)
Season 8, 18th episode, to be precise.
Pottery fragments? (Score:5, Funny)
How do we know the pottery fragments weren't from a piss pot?
Re:The Indiana Jones of Alcohol (Score:4, Funny)
THIS BELONGS IN MY STOMACH!
hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
Problem is that after a pint you have an uncontrollable urge to declare your independence, and write a constitution...
Re:Pottery fragments? (Score:5, Funny)