manticle
Standing up for the Aussie Bottler
Less than two weeks ago (and more than 350 posts ago) when I started this, what was to become an, opus:
I followed with a series of points made about no-chill, none of which said no chill was bad, in fact quite the opposite, and proposed a simple, cheap , well proven method as an alternative. Now some may say I posted with cynical intent, but, frankly influenced somewhat by a recent re-reading of Umberto Eco's collection of essays "Travels in Hyperreality" I posted with semiotic intent.
But back to the point of the post: It would appear that after much discussion and even some brave poster putting his hand up to experiment with biotoxins (now that is silly),...drumroll... brewing of beer does not cause botulism!!!
All this science I don't understand. Observation I do understand, whilst all science is in the first instance based on observation, Science does not hold a monopoly on observation.
I hope that others have enjoyed this, and gained as much out of this as I have, but I think this threads time has come.
So long and thanks for all the AD Hope references.
K
Irrespective of your literary influences, you started a thread that was inevitably going to cause a **** storm and are now surprised it has become one?
I think people have enjoyed it, yes (and thankyou, in spite of the fact you may not have intended so). I'm also glad one of the main detractors of the method, who in the main, asserts his criticisms with not so subtle barbs, balloon pricking and general mud throwing, is happy to attempt a slightly more impartial test, possibly in collaboration with some people who have vehemently disagreed with him and his posting methods on a number of occasions. It's a nice shift in my, possibly worthless, opinion.
Science as a basic idea might be considered a quantifying of observation and as such, I don't think those who seek to do so are claiming a monopoly on observation. The scientists who do become one eyed and dogmatic.
Not sure why I bothered posting and I'm not really sure why you did either, Umberto notwithstanding.