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  1. 07-26-2007, 09:57 AM #1
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    Tequila price hike - NOOOO

    Sign of the Apocalypse:

    First pizza prices go up, and now tequila is next to feel the price pressure caused by the trendy demand for ethanol vehicle fuels. A doubling of corn prices has made cultivation of the agave plant (source of Sammy Hagar's favorite drink) less profitable than corn, prompting agave farmers in Mexico to abandon their erstwhile crop and strike it rich on the yellow stuff. What's next, beer?

    Wait a minute; weren’t they using the Agave to make ethanol anyway???
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  2. 07-26-2007, 10:10 AM #2
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    Beer's already been hit.
    At least that's what the Germans were claiming. I think they were making it up.

    But fear not. Although the current grain-to-fuel craze is stupider than neoconism, biology will eventually rescue us. If only by allowing us to continue our silly habits with lower impacts. Ethanol from cellulose is a step closer now.
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  3. 07-26-2007, 10:24 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Witherspoon View Post
    Beer's already been hit.
    At least that's what the Germans were claiming.
    Interesting a country that more or less dictates 100% barley malt be used in beer would complain that the price of corn is affecting beer prices.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    Interesting a country that more or less dictates 100% barley malt be used in beer would complain that the price of corn is affecting beer prices.
    Land use. They ain't plannin' on makin' fuel ethanol from blue agave - they'll just plow the agave fields & plant corn. Same for barley.
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    South Africa to the Rescue!
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  6. 09-27-2007, 11:27 AM #6
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    zapotan to the rescue

    zapotan reposada $10/liter at tjs. quite good for the price, even straight

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