tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5643666810954539844..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Grätzer, BitterbierRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86830359626774019462011-09-07T06:27:50.641-07:002011-09-07T06:27:50.641-07:00Grätzer is supposed to be pretty bitter.Grätzer is supposed to be pretty bitter.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-5244588427582463242011-09-07T05:58:12.507-07:002011-09-07T05:58:12.507-07:00Well, Wikipedia explains it all: https://secure.wi...Well, Wikipedia explains it all: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/wiki/Zentner<br /><br />Summary: there are times and places in the world where a Zentner was 100kg. Germany was never one of them. After introduction of the metric system, a Zentner was still 100 pounds, with the pound being the unofficial, but to this day widely used, 0.5kg metric pound.<br /><br />Of course, there might be a chance that a scientific author of 100 years ago used a different definition. Maybe you find some information to do a cross correlation, like a grain bill specified in Zentner in some recipe, with a specification of resulting OG?<br /><br />Anyways, if I am right, the bitterness of your Grätzer just doubled. Isn't that fascinating?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66317876016978570742011-09-07T02:54:30.536-07:002011-09-07T02:54:30.536-07:00I thought metric zentner was 100 kg, but I could b...I thought metric zentner was 100 kg, but I could be wrong.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72541075829835085442011-09-06T08:31:59.535-07:002011-09-06T08:31:59.535-07:00Are you sure about interpreting a Zentner as 100kg...Are you sure about interpreting a Zentner as 100kg? I have only ever seen it to refer to 50kg, which is 100 pounds. 100kg would be a Doppelzentner.<br /><br />By the way, your blog is excellent work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com