[OFB Cafe] Climatology vs. Climatism

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Donald R Spoon wrote:


> I also like <snip> the general class of brews called 
> "bitters" that are served in the pubs in England. 
>

Excellent! The bitter taste of some of these, (as you probably know) is 
given by the choice of hops. Sometimes hops are added to the cask at the 
end of brewing (dry hopping) and can be very pleasantly bitter indeed.

Some "bitters" though are anything but, rather being "not sweet".

Field Marshall the Earl Wavell (in "Other Men's Flowers" attributes the 
decline of Britain's Empire and fortune from "the time Englishmen 
stopped drinking beer for breakfast and started drinking tea".

Terence