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Offline cheshirecat

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Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« on: August 06, 2012, 11:22:00 am »
Seems like everything is bad for you these days....  :'( Ah, somehow I think most of us aren't going to care much  ;D

http://news.yahoo.com/chronic-butter-flavoring-exposure-linked-harmful-brain-process-160609953.html

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Re: Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2012, 11:24:13 am »
" exposed to the same levels of diacetyl that factory workers might be exposed to in their jobs."....I'm not worried.
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Re: Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2012, 11:31:28 am »
So roughly the same level as someone who drinks a lot of Dogfish Head? ;D
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Re: Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2012, 12:23:27 pm »
So roughly the same level as someone who drinks a lot of Dogfish Head? ;D

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Re: Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2012, 12:51:52 pm »
Interesting title, whenever I have chronic I feel the need to have microwave popcorn.
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Re: Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2012, 02:11:33 pm »
So roughly the same level as someone who drinks a lot of Dogfish Head? ;D
Their beer is high is diacetyl?  Guess my palate isn't trained for that...
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Re: Another Reason to Keep Diacetyl out of your beer...
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2012, 03:21:09 pm »
So roughly the same level as someone who drinks a lot of Dogfish Head? ;D
Their beer is high is diacetyl?  Guess my palate isn't trained for that...

It never struck me that way either.
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