In the video today, we are looking at whether professional wine connoisseurs can tell really not tell the difference between expensive and cheap wines. How Alcohol “Proof” is Determined. Do Drunk People Really Survive Car Crashes More? Why Would You Add Antifreeze to Wine? Do Wine Makers Really Walk Over Grapes With Their Feet? Does Canadian Beer Really Contain More Alcohol Than Beer Made in the United States? How Did Oktoberfest Start? Why Isn’t Beer Sold in Plastic Bottles? Who Invented Tequila and What about the Worm? A Brief History of Beer. The interesting story behind Welch’s Grape Juice, and what Eggnog is Made Of
0:00 Can Professional Wine Connoisseurs Really Not Tell the Difference Between Expensive and Cheap Wines?
17:26 How Alcohol “Proof” is Determined
21:00 Do Drunk People Really Survive Car Crashes More?
32:10 Why Would You Add Antifreeze to Wine?
46:15 Do Wine Makers Really Walk Over Grapes With Their Feet?
51:10 Does Canadian Beer Really Contain More Alcohol Than Beer Made in the United States?
55:12 How Did Oktoberfest Start?
1:03:55 Why Isn’t Beer Sold in Plastic Bottles?
1:08:30 Who Invented Tequila and What about the Worm?
1:13:30 What is Eggnog Made Of?
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0:00 Can Professional Wine Connoisseurs Really Not Tell the Difference Between Expensive and Cheap Wines?
17:26 How Alcohol “Proof” is Determined
21:00 Do Drunk People Really Survive Car Crashes More?
32:10 Why Would You Add Antifreeze to Wine?
46:15 Do Wine Makers Really Walk Over Grapes With Their Feet?
51:10 Does Canadian Beer Really Contain More Alcohol Than Beer Made in the United States?
55:12 How Did Oktoberfest Start?
1:03:55 Why Isn’t Beer Sold in Plastic Bottles?
1:08:30 Who Invented Tequila and What about the Worm?
1:13:30 What is Eggnog Made Of?
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ahh yes, mass produced round tablea are often quite good.
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On John Wick? No.
Everywhere else? Yes.
I've noticed from watching FoodNetwork that you can usually tell when someone starts BSing and making things up. It's usually when they start getting to "notes" and "layers". It's the same with food as it is with wine. There's only so far a human can go and it's just talking crap after that.
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I find nothing wrong with people being unable to differentiate between various wines, I DO however have a problem with people claiming to be "experts" in something they can't realistically do to any degree in a scientific environment.
Ever open one of these videos of Simons, instantly realizing with all the hand waving and the oddly square glasses, that its an old video … then discover its one of those over-an-hour long glued together rehash jobs from various eras of Simon … then said 'ya, no … im not doing this today' … and closed it?
I work in restaurants for 40 years.
They aren't wine experts. They are wine douce-bags.
Drink what you like. I have guests enjoy a Blackened Redfish with iced tea or a chardonnay. (Blackened Redfish and a white wine lol)
Pinot grigio tastes like gasoline. Pinot noir tastes like heaven.
I think you meant menthol, not methanol….. I wouldn’t advise drinking methanol prior to drinking a room temperate glass of water….
Its the dumbest profession to ever be created
8:48 Menthol is very different from methanol!
I like wine. When I talk to friends who say "I don't drink wine because I don't know anything about it," I always tell them that they are the very best people to drink because they can (and should) just get the cheapest bottles they find and as soon as they find a mass produced bottle they like, just stick with it.
The first time I took the level 1 somm test there was a question that gave 4 wine regions in Argentina and asked you to name them from east to west…
Anyone with interest in the subject can learn some skills.
I was pretty good for an amateur until covid stole my tastebuds.
Why didn't they just use saccharine?
The story I heard about the October beer party was a bit different. Since making large batches of beer involved large, open vats, beer making in the summer months was largely avoided, what with all the air-borne yeasts, bacteria, fungi, etc. Small batches were more easily controlled, but a large batch going bad would represent a substantial financial loss. So most of the year's beer production took place in winter when air-borne contamination was not a problem. This applied to ales as well as lagers. So, if you plan ahead correctly, you will have enough beer to get you through the summer until you can start production again in the autumn. Autumn comes, you start brewing again and you have, hopefully, excess stock from the previous winter. So you throw a big party and empty the kegs that are needed for the new production cycle. So it wasn't, according to this explanation, a matter of brewing ales in the summer and lagers in the winter. Rather, all large-scale brewing took place in the winter.
Omg naked simon .. was not expecting that 😂
Highly sceptical that being drunk and "floppy" can protect you from traumatic injury. Boxers are knocked out by the blow they didn't see coming. If they anticipate the blow and tense up to receive it, they are FAR less likely to suffer a KO. So 150 years of pragmatic experience in the ring suggests rather strongly that being relaxed and unprepared doesn't protect you from trauma.
Its just placebo effect.
7:30 THis is why I'll never take a wine appreciation class.
I don't want to learn how to hate cheap wine.
So tequila is just expensive mezcal ? Because of that monopoly.
"Yes!!"………And Sommeeliers are wine ADVISERS in restaurants nowadays , get real. A "Real." Wine expert can even tell you the farm the wine came from.
Imagine having a job where a simple cold could make you useless for 6-8 weeks 🤷♂. And getting covid could make you useless for 4 months or more.
All I know is that I cannot tolerate Sauv Blanc. Sick for several days after drinking a little sip.
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I really enjoy all sub $10 bottles of wine from my grocery store. I find them satisfying, tasty, and obviously I love the price. I have had very expensive glasses of wine before. And I just wasn’t that impressed. I wasn’t impressed at all.
At the same by far most people just choose the house wine😄This is so snobbery-snobbish.
What's up with all the missing words/typos?
I Know A Licensed Sommelier.
He assures me that the Highest Rollers that come to his restaurant don't know the difference between a 1945 Mouton and a 2024 "Barefoot."
1:14:12 omfg i forgot how weird young simon looked 😳 lmfao just as well that he’s an awesome presenter 😂
Newcastle Brown Ale, you can taste when it's from a can instead of a bottle.