finally, some facts* i can relate to:
The bat on the Bacardi symbol is there because the soil where the sugar came cane grows is fertile from the guano (bat droppings).
The bubbles in Guiness beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top as in other beers. This is still a mystery.
*that guinness one is not a mystery.
from http://www.beveragebusiness.com/art-arch/bryson12.html
"While talking about benefits from nitrogen, you have to include the esthetic benefits. Not only does the nitrogenation actually make the beer taste better ("Without it, Guinness just doesn't taste the same," says Mark Griffin), but as it pours into the glass it sets up the "cascade", an almost hypnotic two-way movement of beer and bubbles. That's the excess gas breaking out of the beer; bubbles move upward to the head, beer from the breaking bubbles move downward into the glass. It's a roiling sepia storm in a glass, and Griffin encourages bartenders to get the glass to the customers while it's going on.
Took the words right out of my mouth, and then some. I feel quite winded...
daballard
The typical mouthful of American food travels 1,200 miles from farm to consumer.
That's a long ways. Interesting article.