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I wonder if in 164 years our current text books will sound this ridiculous and humorous. I can only hope so. Even if our science becomes dated and outlandish, at least people will get a good laugh out of our utterly false, yet quaintly charming, blunders though the world of the unknown. For an example of what we will sound like to our children's children, read this excerpt below, emphasis added. They actually got quite a bit correct considering the time period, but missed the mark on a few amusing key points.

Solution of the Secret of Alcoholic Fermentation:

Beer yeast, when dispersed in water, breaks down into an infinite number of small spheres. If these spheres are transferred to an aqueous solution of sugar they develop into small animals. They are endowed with a sort of suction trunk with which they gulp the sugar from the solution. Digestion is immediately and clearly recognizable because of the discharge of excrements. These animals evacuate ethyl alcohol from their bowels and carbon dioxide from their urinary organs. Thus one can observe how a specifically lighter fluid is extruded from the anus and rises vertically whereas a stream of carbon dioxide is ejected at very short intervals from their enormously large genitals.

Source: Frederich Woehler and Justus von Liebig, Annals of Chemistry, vol. 29, 1839.

1 comment Tuesday 06 May 2003 | Sam | Brewing

Life’s Lessons

They say that you learn something new every day. Today was no exception, as I learned a very helpful lesson that will stick with me for my entire life. Don't put beer bottles that still have their labels on them into the dishwasher, unless you want to be treated to a clogged drain and the acrid odor of scorched paper as the heating elements wreak havoc on the loosened labels that have become entangled amongst them. All is well now, but the experience has left me a little weary, and a little wiser.

2 comments Friday 02 May 2003 | Sam | Brewing

Regards From the Vineyard

This evening we bottled our champagne creation. It has been brewing for quite a while now, and finally became ready to bottle. I transferred the goodness out of the carboy into a big pail. We added corn sugar, which will provide the impetus to carbonate inside the bottle. This is the superior way of doing it, known as 'bottle conditioning.' The inferior alternative is to precarbonate, but thats no good, and certainly not viable for upper-crust types such as ourselves. After mixing in the corn sugar, we used a handy siphoning tool with a valve on the end. Press the end of the valve against the bottom of the bottle, and wine flows. Lift, and the flow stops. Its perfect. Then we pressed the special champagne caps on, and affixed the wire holders. Now its time to design a label, and wait 6 weeks. Then, its party time, you better believe.

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The Vineyard

A little fact about me that many people aren't aware of is that the house I live in is on a vineyard. In fact, it is right up against the brewery of the vineyard. Behind the house lies the plantation of grapes, where farmers busy themselves harvesting the fall crops. Inside, we begin the long process of juicing the grapes, and preparing for this years vintage wines. Tonight, we began the preparation of some fine sparkling wine. The yeast is hungry, and the juice is fresh and sweet. In several weeks time, the first bottles of our sparkling wine will be available through fine wine merchants around the world. However, the prudent wine connoisseur will delay their gratification, as our vintages only improve with age. Actually, only part of that is true. We are making sparkling wine, but not because we live on a vineyard, or own a brewery, but because we assembled a kit, and purchased wine making supplies! Tonight we put the juice in with the yeast that had been incubating for the past 48 hours. Eventually we will add that to bottles, and add the corn sugar which will initiate the fizzing process, which will result in delicious sparkling wine. In fact, we have the right to call it what it is, Champagne, because the juice is from grapes from the Champagne area of France! Any other 'Champagne' that does not contain grapes from that region can not be legitimately called 'Champagne.' In several weeks, our vintage will be ready, bottled, and labeled. Then we will invite over friends, and get our drink on in a most sophisticated of manners.

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