A response to the “scary” “What’s in your beer” article a couple weeks back…
http://maureenogle.com/2013/08/18/whats-in-your-beer-or-the-dangers-of-dumbassery/
Thanks for posting Denny.
That was an interesting read.
Thanks for posting that link.
Stop trying to pollute my mind with facts.
Thanks for posting Denny. Interesting read.
BUT IT HAS TO BE TRUE I READ IT ON THE INTERNET ON THIS REALLY GROUNDBREAKING BLOG
That’s a lot of words.
Brewing science trump puffery.
Who cares about any of that? I like beer, with or without animal parts or genetically modified whatevers. 
Gee, I hope my LHBS starts carrying beaver anal glands…
It’s a special request. You gotta ask them for it. 
[quote]I’m not a beermaker and have zero science background (alas) but even I could tell that her claims and charges were nonsense.
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I stopped reading right after this sentence. 
As I said when I posted the link:
Unfortunately, all too often, it is this type of blather by The Food Babe and others that passes for investigative reporting these days. Dumb-assery indeed!
I stopped reading right after this sentence.
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If you kept reading, you’d find out that she proceeded to interview head brewers about ingredient use.
Does anyone know how many IBUs an ounce will give at FWBAG?
Can you sub muskrat?
Fwbag? Full wort boil all grain?
Muskrat does not contain castoreum, so no. IMO muskrat anal glands taste more like canteloupe- hence the name “musk melon”.
Nicely done :). Still trying to nail down the thought process that drove a guy to sample animal anus for its possible value.
A fun fact. It has been OK for Catholics around the Downriver Detroit area and places like Monroe Mi to eat Muskrat during lent. Since they spend their life in the water, they were decreed to be fish. The stories are in the local papers every few years.
FWBAG First wort beaver anal gland
I just threw up in my mouth.