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[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 34 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Funny you should call it beet-flavor. Geosmin is literally the reason why beets have that flavor :)

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yup! I know, I was an expert taster at a large brewery :)

It was fun! And a little bit ruined some beer for me.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm an enthusiastic amateur taster with a terrible palette and I bet it would ruin it for me, too.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Fitting username

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

At 45 i consider myself to have reached Pro-am status.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)