tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post2207163790326116191..comments2024-02-23T15:34:32.816-05:00Comments on The Mad Fermentationist - Homebrewing Blog: Belgian vs. Belgium and Pliny vs. Pliney (rant)The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-89043164928608189832012-04-12T10:45:57.048-04:002012-04-12T10:45:57.048-04:00acetaldehyde. It is five syllables, not six, and t...acetaldehyde. It is five syllables, not six, and the first three syllables are "acid al". It is NOT acetyl-aldehyde, as far too many people say. Where the extra syllable is coming from I have no idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-23133261159671482072012-01-18T15:36:36.954-05:002012-01-18T15:36:36.954-05:00A wine word, I'm afraid, but the Americans oft...A wine word, I'm afraid, but the Americans often spell it "Sauterne" (without an -s), whereas the French appellation is "Sauternes".<br /><br />And in defence of foreign pronunciations, if you are a native/fluent speaker of a language, it can be hard to know/imagine what the Anglicised pronunciation is - I find it hard to say French words in a non-French way, unless they are in common English usage.Scyrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522861473181847726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-90458230965872030372010-04-02T19:21:57.954-04:002010-04-02T19:21:57.954-04:00Good point, I've got no good explanation... Ca...Good point, I've got no good explanation... Canada goose?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662105195802930094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-39269193213598378292010-04-02T13:28:50.164-04:002010-04-02T13:28:50.164-04:00So this begs the question:
why is it "Flander...So this begs the question:<br />why is it "Flanders" (as in "Flanders Red") and not "Flemish"??<br /><br />Flanders = geographical noun<br />Flemish = adjectiveUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060587475913372872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-582685272645838022010-03-15T13:27:51.955-04:002010-03-15T13:27:51.955-04:00werd upwerd upBrewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239849629714787077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-27003478196768312952010-03-14T20:42:31.645-04:002010-03-14T20:42:31.645-04:00Krauesen. You can add an umlaut instead of the fi...Krauesen. You can add an umlaut instead of the first "e," but it should be pronounced like kr-oi-sen. The umlaut au or "aue" in German is oi. Not ow. Hugh Nelson, while I do not know him, will totally back me up on this on<br /><br />Wort also. It's pronounced wert.Kevin LaVoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422429428826110381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-84675345386248837692010-03-14T20:14:31.029-04:002010-03-14T20:14:31.029-04:00My pet peeves are Lambic and Gueuze, mainly becaus...My pet peeves are Lambic and Gueuze, mainly because my Belgian friends gave me crap about those two in particular until I started pronouncing them correctly.<br /><br />That said, sometimes when those two words are getting tossed around incorrectly pretty often (like at a club meeting) I just give up after awhile and pronounce it wrong just to keep the conversation moving. /sighjaymohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932095714056834656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-78109843070886252482010-03-14T19:34:13.685-04:002010-03-14T19:34:13.685-04:00If you are talking a funky beer, then yeah, just p...If you are talking a funky beer, then yeah, just pour the beer into your glass until you see the yeast starting to come out, then swirl the rest (should only be ~1/2 inch of beer) and dump it into your carboy or a starter. Letting the bottle sit upright for a couple days in the fridge will ensure you don't waste much beer. Fresher and lower alcohol beers will have more live cells, and a better cross-section of the microbes used to make the beer. Hope that helps, good luck!The Mad Fermentationist (Mike)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07379932734747507258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-24165521940230333952010-03-14T18:02:08.632-04:002010-03-14T18:02:08.632-04:00off topic again.
how do you go about collecting b...off topic again.<br /><br />how do you go about collecting bottle dregs? just chill the beer and pour all but the last quarter out?Anujhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14398487676432802341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-41039579115095885982010-03-13T18:46:29.411-05:002010-03-13T18:46:29.411-05:00My personal favorite is the butchering that Willam...My personal favorite is the butchering that Willamette constantly suffers. It's three syllables, not two. <br /><br />Wil•lam•ette [wi-lam-it]what we’re drinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142427233477622358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-45374622457046270652010-03-13T11:55:21.706-05:002010-03-13T11:55:21.706-05:00Actually my pet peeve is when people try too hard ...Actually my pet peeve is when people try too hard to make their pronunciations sound just like the language of origin. Not that "belgian" or "pliny" have anything to do with that. But it drives me crazy when someone speaking in English switches over to sounds that are not native (or natural) to the English language. Giada (on the Food Network) is the number one offender. There's no need to impress anyone with cultural prowess by practicing one word in a foreign language, just let it be.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09914239359630047052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-63166915600062302102010-03-12T22:16:10.042-05:002010-03-12T22:16:10.042-05:00I rather like the fact that Pliny the Elder/Younge...I rather like the fact that Pliny the Elder/Younger beer is pronounced with a long "i." I think it differentiates the beer from the historical figures. My personal opinion, as a student of both history and beer.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921817769388979093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-74891060181148059652010-03-12T21:52:22.151-05:002010-03-12T21:52:22.151-05:00My peeve is mostly because I spent 4 years in Germ...My peeve is mostly because I spent 4 years in Germany. Just about every German word in brewing gets mutilated brutally.<br /><br />Hefe (german for yeast) said like Jefe in spanish.<br /><br />Vorlauf is pronounced fore-louf (rhymes with 'your mouth') and not said vore-loff.<br /><br />Tettnanger is not said 'tett-naynjer' but rhymes basically with 'head-banger'<br /><br />Lastly, and I think others will agree, is people who call anything that isn't a stout 'lager'. Whether it is pale, brown or amber, regardless of whether it is a lager or an ale.Hugh Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766565354335702830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-57034506686028620572010-03-12T21:47:17.227-05:002010-03-12T21:47:17.227-05:00Amen to that. The one that used to get me was Cant...Amen to that. The one that used to get me was Cantillon. Always wanted to pronounce the L's for some reason. Also can never say Westvleteren right.<br /><br />The speaking of beer link is interesting, a had a few wrong. The descriptions for fruit lambic are off I think. It says framboise, kriek, and peche are lambic fruit beers but thats not necessarily the case. Liefmans is a prime example of a brewery that makes kriek and framboise beers that do not use lambic as a base.<br /><br />This makes sense since framboise is rasberry in french and kriek is derived from a flemish word for a specific type of cherry.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432348069648524790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066877917844499643.post-35026821852426251682010-03-12T19:47:21.589-05:002010-03-12T19:47:21.589-05:00My pet peeve is when people pronounce Stout "...My pet peeve is when people pronounce Stout "Guinness."Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968347140566213430noreply@blogger.com