21 tastes of beer and why

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21 tastes of beer and why

Post by oopsthathurts » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:38 pm


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Re: 21 tastes of beer and why

Post by Jim » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:58 pm

Excellent link, OTH. 8)
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Re: 21 tastes of beer and why

Post by kevthebootboy » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:24 pm

that was a good read, thanks duck :)

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Re: 21 tastes of beer and why

Post by Eadweard » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:35 pm

That's a useful link but there are some mistakes. DMS is a characteristic flavour of lagers for starters. It's also now known there are five basic tastes (the savoury 'umami' is the other one) and the receptors are not grouped on the tongue as previously thought.

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