Beer tasted like shit

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Re: Beer tasted like shit
Reply #30 - November 15, 2009, 11:28 AM

Quote from: IsLame on November 15, 2009, 12:30 AM
I just that I dont see the Hindus & Sikhs in South Asian countries having a problem with alcohol

You're right, Islamic influence is definitely a factor in south Asian countries.

I think the genetics of a sub-population influences the trend though, hence why I think it is due to this that South-Asian, East-Asian and South-East-Asian countries don't have a drinking culture like in Europe.

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Reply #31 - November 15, 2009, 11:35 AM

Where does genetics come into this?

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Reply #32 - November 15, 2009, 12:01 PM

Quote from: IsLame on November 15, 2009, 11:35 AM
Where does genetics come into this?

Some reacts different to alcohol. Just as many Africans and Asians can't drink milk (lactose intolerence) many Asians have issues with alcohol.

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An estimated one third of persons of East Asian and Native American descent have an alcohol flush reaction, a condition where the body cannot break down ingested alcohol completely because it lacks the genetically coded enzyme that performs this function in the bodies of drinkers with "European" tolerance levels. Flushing, or blushing, is associated with the erythema (reddening caused by dilation of capillaries) of the face, neck, and shoulder, after consumption of alcohol. (source wiki)
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Reply #33 - November 15, 2009, 04:39 PM

Thanks Soren.

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Reply #34 - November 15, 2009, 09:02 PM

Interesting stuff. Spoke to my younger brother, who's in the medical profession, about this and he was saying the same thing. I was very surprised that it was as high 30%, and he says the % is skewed by east asia but still predominates thoughout the region.

Fortunately I am one of the 70% thanks to my R1A haplogroup

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Reply #35 - November 16, 2009, 01:23 AM

Quote from: Soren on November 15, 2009, 12:01 PM
Some reacts different to alcohol. Just as many Africans and Asians can't drink milk (lactose intolerence) many Asians have issues with alcohol.

Interesting find, I'll take note of that if I ever considered drinking regularly.

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Reply #36 - November 16, 2009, 11:16 AM

If you don't like normal beer you could try some of these old standards.

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/11/how-to-mix-an-ancient-cocktail.php

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The Neolithic Grog (China, 7000 BC)
Chew rice grains so that diastase, an enzyme in your saliva, breaks the carbohydrate molecules into simple sugars
Spit back out
Dilute honey to activate its yeast and combine
Mix the honey concoction with the juices of grapes and hawthorn fruits and ferment

Godin Tepe Beer (Mesopatamia, 3500 BC)
Malt barley by sprouting and then roasting the grains
Mill the grains with basalt mortars and pestles
Add water
Add fruit or honey to begin fermentation
Flavour with dates or radishes
Drink directly from jug with a long straw

Central Asian Soma (Turkmenistan, 2000 BC)
In a large bowl, macerate ephedra plant, hemp plant and poppy
Grate, then strain juices through a funnel filled with wool
Mix with grape wine
Wait for the trees to start dancing, snakes to start talking and the sky to turn red

Bronze Age Nordic Grog (Denmark, 1400 BC)
Ferment the juices of cowberries and cranberries
Ferment wheat grain
Add bog myrtle, lime tree pollen, meadowsweet and white clover
Mix and enjoy

I'll have a triple soma on the rocks.

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