Merkel admits to error in Erdogan satire row, but may still have the last laugh

Edit The Times of India 24 Apr 2016
BERLIN/HAMBURG. The prim and pragmatic Angela Merkel rarely puts a foot wrong, but the indomitable German chancellor is being panned for allowing the prosecution of a popular satirist who poked fun at Turkish President Recep Erdogan ... "With hindsight, it was an error," she told a meeting of regional officials in Berlin ... Malte Henke of Die Zeit daily says, "She opened the borders and is now going back step by step." ... ....

The Rare Vin Scully

Edit The Atlantic 24 Apr 2016
Mark J. Terrill / Harry Hall / AP / Kara Gordon / The Atlantic ... I was 12 years old, selling frozen chocolate malts at the Los Angeles Coliseum, on the first day of my first job. Descending into the 72,140 baseball fans at the game that day, I was afraid ... And is ... * * * ... That blistering day in 1961 I also learned something about loss—it sold frozen malts ... As the heat climbed and the people sweated, the malts practically flew out of my box ... Mr....

News of the day from across the globe, April 23

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 23 Apr 2016
The U.S ... 10, 2015, and Feb. 2, 2016. Chancellor Angela Merkel was among those toasting the anniversary Friday in Ingolstadt of a law that allowed only water, hops and malt as ingredients — yeast was added to the list later. ....

I wasn’t the daughter she wanted and she wasn’t the mother I needed

Edit The Guardian 23 Apr 2016
Reading her mother’s diary years after she died, finally created a bond with the woman who had, after all, really loved her ... The cruises had taken a toll on the equity and we needed to shift it fast ... “Rent 7/6 ... Suddenly my mother’s workaholic, skinny, fashionista, globe-trotting daughter, who swore and smoked, metamorphosed into a breast-feeding earth mother who shopped organically and made flapjacks with malt and molasses ... ....

Where to eat in Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai this week

Edit Indian Express 23 Apr 2016
There is something really interesting happening at Rajouri Garden. It’s got a diner inspired by the route of India’s longest highway, the NH44 ... On the new menu at Bengaluru’s One Night In Bangkok. Pork belly and shiitake mushroom rice (L), Roast chicken rice bowl. Bengaluru. New Menu at One Night in Bangkok ... Where ... When ... When ... Whether you’re a beer head or love single malts, there’s a happy hour for everybody when IPL is on....

The Scotch Whisky Region You’ve Never Heard Of

Edit Bloomberg 22 Apr 2016
a whisky distillery—the first licensed malt shop to operate since local mores shut down stills two centuries ago ... The liquid itself is surprisingly light and sweet, less peaty and smoky than malts from Islay in the the Inner Hebrides, the region’s less windswept sister islands ... For now, much of that early batch has been reserved for a 10-year single malt which will stay in barrel until 2018 ... Single-Malt Ascendence....

Western Australian distillers the toast of the nation (State Government of Western Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
(Source. State Government of Western Australia). Albany whiskey distillery Limeburners named Australian Distiller of the Year ... 'Limeburners won the small batch trophy for their Single Malt Whisky Heavy Peat M226, which was also awarded Champion Whisky,' Mr Holt said ... Fact File ... Limeburners Single Malt Whisky Heavy Peat M226 ... Limeburners Single Malt Whisky Heavy Peat M226 ... Champion Whisky. Limeburners Single Malt Whisky Heavy Peat M226 ... 1....

Prost! Germany celebrates 500 years of beer purity law

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Apr 2016
Only water, hops and malt are the permitted ingredients, according to the Bavarian beer purity law of 1516 that ......

Cheers! Germany celebrates 500 years of beer purity law

Edit CBS News 22 Apr 2016
Only water, hops and malt are the permitted ingredients, according to the Bavarian beer purity law of 1516 ... ....

Germany hails 500 years of beer purity

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 22 Apr 2016
Berlin • To some it’s the real deal, to others it’s a bland brew. But thanks to a 500-year-old rule, everybody can be sure what’s in German beer. Only water, hops and malt are the permitted ingredients, according to the Bavarian beer purity law of 1516 that slowly spread to the rest of Germany. It’s still on the books, albeit with some exceptions, today ... ....

Barrel Aged Cherry Chocolate Double Brown Stout : Now that's a mouthful!

Edit The Examiner 22 Apr 2016
Barrel aged beer is the present craft beer craze and breweries everywhere seem anxious to place one or several of their popular brews into whiskey, rum, gin, and even wine barrels for aging and flavor ... The nose on this beer combines scents of wood, cocoa, cherry, and roasted malt which leads into the flavor, which is complex and memorable. Flavors include chocolate, whiskey, dark fruit, roasted malt, coffee, and vanilla ... ....

A 500-year-old law dictates what’s in German beer

Edit New York Post 22 Apr 2016
Only water, hops and malt are the permitted ingredients, according to the Bavarian beer purity law of 1516 that slowly spread to the rest of Germany ... ....

Drinking Taipei: Brewed in Taiwan

Edit Taipei Times 22 Apr 2016
That was the intention of the brewers — well, sort of ... Since then, they’ve been releasing a new brew nearly every month ... Rather than try to re-create the flavors of North American craft beer, the co-founders, being Taiwanese, are constantly experimenting with local ingredients, save for the hops and malt which are imported from the US, Europe and New Zealand (Taiwan’s subtropical climate makes it ill-suited to grow hops and malt) ... ....
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