Recently, Food Babe wrote a post decrying “chemicals” in beer. Maureen Ogle, author of Ambitious Brew and who is a great ranter, took on some of Food Babe’s assertions. She also got some of her friends in the microbrewing business to take on other assertions. The result is a great read. Additionally, the comments are also worthwhile.
Update: Maureen Ogle migrated her site from WordPress to SquareSpace recently. The move wiped out all the pointers (or whatever), so the links are broken. Here’s the link:
http://maureenogle.com/maureen-ogle/2013/08/18/whats-in-your-beer-or-the-dangers-of-dumbassery
My thanks to the contributors and to John Kleinchester for help with photos.
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A few weeks back, an entrepreneur (in this case a modern-day version of a snake oil salesperson) who calls herself the Food Babe used her website to malign the brewing industry.
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