WAT? #8 - Josh Pepper Interview - Part 2 - Wine vs Beer?
This is the second half of our interview with Josh Pepper.
Ever wondered what a total beer geek thinks of wine? In this episode Josh delivers a profoundly powerful case for the complexities of beer.
This would be the show to have all your wine buff friends listen too. At the very least they will have a new level of respect for our drink of choice.
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Ha! At last- part2. I wasn’t aware there was a controversy about what came first, wine or beer. I suppose it could be debatable about what came first, but I would think it was cereal production that came first, and therefore beer. Doesn’t matter. In the end, beer, wine, and cheese are all the oldest food preservation methods.
What I do know, and see that Mr. Pepper agrees, is that, while wine is good, there’s a lot more to beer. When I was a kid, I helped my parents make wine- it really wasn’t that complicated. Once you crush that grape, fermentation happens and that’s that. Beer you have to think about, because there are so many variables and so many avenues you can take to arrive at the end product. Anyway, it was really cool to hear a real expert talk about beer! Thanks!
andy - March 30th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Glad you enjoyed it Andy,
I didn’t know there was any question about what came first either, one theory is that Wine (because it’s so simple to make) could have accidentally been discovered long before beer. All it would have taken is a bunch of wild grapes on the ground, some of them crushed and an inquisitive semi nomadic bloke to dip his finger into it. He might have realized that it didn’t taste like grapes anymore and there you have it…
Yes, it was great to hear Josh talk like this. He is not only an amazing wealth of knowledge but his insight is impressive too. Loved the comment about beer being all about friendship. I’ve never heard it put like that before.
Alvey - March 30th, 2007 at 7:24 am