Comments on: Common Phrases with Their Roots in Beer http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/2007/09/18/common-phrases-with-their-roots-in-beer/ The Funnest Beer Blog on the Interwebs Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: blog about beer (response) http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/2007/09/18/common-phrases-with-their-roots-in-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-11 blog about beer (response) Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:31:24 +0000 http://blogaboutbeer.com/2007/09/18/common-phrases-with-their-roots-in-beer/#comment-11 They all came from a widget on the Alaskan Brewing Co.'s website. True or false, who knows; they just sounded pretty neat, so I passed them along. They all came from a widget on the Alaskan Brewing Co.’s website. True or false, who knows; they just sounded pretty neat, so I passed them along.

]]> By: Al http://www.blogaboutbeer.com/2007/09/18/common-phrases-with-their-roots-in-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Al Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:10:57 +0000 http://blogaboutbeer.com/2007/09/18/common-phrases-with-their-roots-in-beer/#comment-10 The Rule of Thumb one is definitely bogus. See: http://hop-talk.com/2007/02/06/rule-of-thumb/ I'm not entirely sure the etymology of the others is quite correct either. Got a source? The Rule of Thumb one is definitely bogus. See:

http://hop-talk.com/2007/02/06/rule-of-thumb/

I’m not entirely sure the etymology of the others is quite correct either. Got a source?

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