At 12:35 AM +0000 3/12/03, Jane Williams wrote:
>wrote:
>> The worst beer I ever tasted was some friend's
>> homebrew. He made the silly mistake of using
>> salt instead of sugar and compounded his crime
>> by giving it to an unsuspecting victim.
>>
>> It looked like beer, smelled like beer and tasted
>> like sea water.
>
>Without knowing much about the brewing process, I'm a bit surprised
>it contained any alcohol. In yeast baking, sugar is required to feed
>the yeast, and salt kills it. I'd expect the same to apply here.
Yes. I suspect it was not beer, but what my household refers
to as reeb, the opposite of beer.
Cheers
David