Tasting Middle Earth

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

When I think of Miruvor I always think of the tap water here as it's beautiful, pure and cold! I certainly don't think of brackish Mordor water; that always conjours up an image of when you see puddles in cow fields, full of, well, what cows leave lying about! And flies.

You have to live in an old steel town to really appreciate brackish water. Sometimes the local rivers overrun the water processing plants (great planning there) and so to counter the effects of possible sewage spillover, they load the water up with chlorine, which actually causes it to smell. Supposedly it's all safe, but I'm a bit of a skeptic.

Best water that I ever drank from the tap was from Cancun, Mexico - in the resort area, of course.

Originally Posted by Rumil

While on the subject, I must object strenuously to Coor's being described as ale! Real Ale actually tastes of something, not just bubbles and cold water. Naturally your local one is always the best!

Have no taste for the stuff, and more than a small bottle starts a headache (think that it's the hops, malt or something), and so I defer to your beer/ale knowledge. Went to a place where they laid out small samples of beer and ale, but I couldn't tell you the name of the one that I preferred.