The McCarty Metro - Gwenda With A Twist

Questions:

Dear Gwenda, Is it true that normal beer bubbles rise to the top of the glass, but Guinness bubbles fall to the bottom?
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The long-seething pub debate over whether bubbles in a pint of Guinness really do fall downward, as they seem to on visual observation, has been definitively solved--it's true, they sink: Scientists have shown that the bubbles in a pint of Guinness really do move down instead of up. An earlier study concluded that the phenomenon may only have been an optical illusion. Close examination reveals that as the pint settles, bubbles touching the walls of the glass experience drag that prevents them floating up. Bubbles in the center of the glass, however, are free to rise. A circular flow is created, causing bubbles at the the edge to be pushed downwards on the inside surface of the glass. Eventually more and more bubbles find their way to the head of the beer until the cycle loses momentum. There's lots more, but you get the drift. So to speak.

Beverage 'o The Month
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Raztini Martini/Cocktail

3oz Bacardi Razzmatazz Rum
2 oz Chambord
2 oz Cranberry Juice, (1 oz Cranberry Juice if in Martini glass)

You can either shake it up and poor it into a martini glass with a twist, or poor it over some ice and give it a lemon wedge. It's a refreshing reminder that spring is on its way.

Story 'o The Month

The reason why people get three olives instead of two is,

During world war 2, there was a fleet of pilots who had bombed and defeated a large target earlier in the day. They decided to go to a local tavern to celebrate their victory. Everyone had a martini with two olives, except the last pilot. There was one extra olive left over. The bartender being a generous man put the last olive in the last martini. So last pilot's drink had three olives instead of just two. Well the next day the entire fleet was wiped out, except the pilot who had the three olives in his martini. He was the only one to return unscathed.

And that is why you should have three olives or more, never just two. Its bad luck to have only two olives. Although I think its bad luck to just have two martini's, let alone just the two olives.

It turns out that this is a very well known story among the military. Just ask someone who was in it.

Have a great day!
-gwenda

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