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Re: Box Car Crack Filler For Grain Transport

Tim O'Connor
 


Alaska and parts of Washington are further west than the furthest west extent
of California. What any of this has to do with freight cars, only the Sheriff can say.
I think beer may have travelled in steam era freight cars to Alaska.

Tim O'


When you say "west of California", do you mean Hawaii, Guam, PI, Japan or maybe China? Or further west?

Take Care,
 
Brian R. Termunde
Midvale, Utah

2a. Re: Box Car Crack Filler For Grain Transport
Posted by: "Dave Parker" spottab@... spottab
Date: Wed Oct 4, 2017 7:56 am ((PDT))

Tony wrote:There is a big company that uses rice to make a thin beverage, but many of us do not consider it beer.
Well said, but there are many companies that use what are called adjuncts in the brewing of "beer".  An adjunct is any source of fermentables that is not malted barley (or wheat or rye).  Rice is particularly prevalent in beers brewed to the west of California, but my sense is that corn is just as (perhaps more) common in U.S. lagers from the large macrobreweries.
The Germans have traditionally been rather stuffy about the use of adjuncts, with various iterations of their Reinheitsgebot (purity regulations) dating back to the 16th century.  Traditionally, to be called beer in Germany, the only ingredients allowed are malt, hops, water, and yeast.
Actually, many very good beers contain adjuncts, often some form of table sugar (sucrose).  FBOFW, these additions increase the alcohol content without making the bee
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