I just realized I have no idea why this happened. Does anyone have a good dialectical materialist explanation?

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    8 months ago

    My professor (a chemist with a specialization in fermentation chemistry) explained it something like it’s very difficult for large scale manufacturers to produce alcohol that’s exactly the same every time. Brewing is a finicky process where a slight pH imbalance or just a single cell of bacteria will ruin entire batches. So large scale breweries will produce a very consistent, very exact terrible product. Bud light always tastes the same. Whereas small scale brewers will sort of embrace the chaotic randomness that comes with it

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      8 months ago

      Yeah, as I understand it, the way you make liquor taste the same is to dump all the barrels into one large vat, mix, then bottle. Takes all the minor inconsistencies and just smooths them together until it’s dry, if you pardon the pun.