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From: geoff@burl.UUCP (geoff)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: The \"Women want light beer\" fallacy
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Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 18:21:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 11 18:21:07 1985
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In article <2548@decwrl.UUCP> clayton@satan.DEC writes:
>But there may be *some* basis for their assumption.  Of the women that I 
>know who drink beer (or drink at all) a majority of them do prefer the lighter
>beers.  I think this is mainly do to the FEWER CALORIES and that it is less
>filling (women generally having a smaller appetite), rather than flavor or
>character of the beer.  Seems to me though, if you don't drink it because you
>like the taste of it, why drink it at all?  
>
>Elizabeth Clayton    decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-satan!clayton

As someone who as brewed quite a variety of beers (in my little 5-gal
fermenter -- some of the best beer I have ever had, by the way) I wonder
about the fewer calories in light beers.  I am speaking of light vs dark
here not the 'light beers' that are on the market (bud light, miller light,
and so forth).  The difference between the light and dark is strictly due
to the degree that the malt is toasted.  Toast it a little, you have a
light beer.  Toast it more you have an amber beer.  Damn near burn it and
you have a dark beer.  My light and amber beers always had the same amount
of corn sugar and malt as my dark beers.  Of course, by varying the ingredients
you can make the calorie differential anything you want (I think most dark
beers are heavier due to more malt, hence more calories).

Just tossin' a little info about beer brewing in (home brewing forever!).

	geoff sherwood

(by the way, I much prefer the dark beers -- especially with German
halltauer (I know I spelled that wrong) hops and British Munton&Fison Malt.
Yum.)