[Agua]

Filtration is really the difference between a good and bad vodka until you get into the premium brands.

Bingo. And very nice post.

If someone ever offers you a "brutal hammer" or "prairie fire" kick them in the junk for me.

Add cement mixer to that list as well.

I have always loved dark beers more than light beers, which I hear is the exact opposite of most people starting out who haven't developed a taste for beer yet.

You should try Xingu; it's a a Brazilian Black Lager. It's bodied for a lager, but that's not saying much. Great flavor, really smooth finish.

Quick fun fact for fubar: All beers are either an Ale or Lager which has to do with what type of yeast is used in the brewing process. Ales use a warm/hot top-fermenting yeast, whereas lagers use a cool/cold bottom-fermenting yeast. Lambics and barleywines use a special instant-fermenting yeast.

I didn't like beer until I went to visit friends in Winnipeg. I tried Fort Garry's Dark which I really liked. But we didn't have much of that. So, for 10 days straight it was Sleeman's Honey Lager and Colby/Jack grilled cheese every night for dinner while playing Counter-Strike beta-I-don't-remember.

@OZA
Have you ever tried any rye beers?