Rod;

There was a report on cancer causing agents in beers published in 1973 – I have not since seen an update – perhaps the industry will not allow it to be known. German bier 0, American Beer was high, English beers were very high and Heiniken was the highest. The process of making beer in Germany uses a “cold process” (ie. German Purity Law) and the yeasting occurs at the bottom of the brewing vessel. In England (in general) the process cooks the yeast at high temperatures and yeasting occurs at the top of the brewing vessel.

Sometimes it is nice to know what you are drinking. German Bier such as Spaten, from Munich, was established in something like 1300. Guinness Extra Stout, from Ireland, is made today as it was first made over 150 years ago, when the Guinness family hired a German Brew Master to formulate the brew.

It is said that Adolph Coors worked in a German Bier Factory in Germany, came to America and founded Coors. I tell people he was a janitor at said establishment and took with him a bag of droppings found on the floor of the German Brewery, to formulate his brew. The nice thing about American brew is that we can make it faster than anyone else on earth. However, you cannot pronounce the names of the chemicals used for the process of producing our beer. The water goes in this end of the container and pressure causes it to go out the other end just as fast where the beer truck is waiting.

My brother has some great rules for beer drinking:
1. Never drink an American beer that is in a green bottle – Mickey’s Wide Mouth and Rainer Ale (green death) come to mind.
2. Never drink a bottle of beer with a picture of an animal on the label. Moosehead fits this description nicely. We call this Moose Piss Beer - sorry guys - we all have a sense of taste.
3. A picture of a woman on a bottle of beer indicates it is safe to drink. St. Pauli Girl is my first vision.

The above advice may save you much grief and is due to a great deal of personal research on the part of my brother. Hope it is of value to others.

As for myself, I follow the above rules and add: Never drink an American beer. We do not even know how to spell the word properly – it is BIER!

Happy sipping to all.

Tom