White and red beers

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 1 06:34:26 UTC 2011


On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:22 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am at a loss for the reasons behind the association of wheat and "white beer".

Some random etymologist, perhaps?;-)

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