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Corked consumer products!
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David Lloyd
David Lloyd
originally posted by SFJoe:
This is quite true. Even within the narrow series, any phenol or anisole with an ortho chlorine or bromine smells pretty rank. You don't have to put three of them on the ring.originally posted by nigel groundwater:
However as Mark has said, other 'chlorinated organics' that may be present in sufficient quantities in water supplies are likely to provide similar aromas and be called 'corked'.
Geez I love geek talk. Keep it up guys.
We have carbon filtered rainwater chez moi and drink masses of it. I really hate all those ortho chlorine/bromine bits.
originally posted by David Lloyd:
originally posted by SFJoe:
This is quite true. Even within the narrow series, any phenol or anisole with an ortho chlorine or bromine smells pretty rank. You don't have to put three of them on the ring.originally posted by nigel groundwater:
However as Mark has said, other 'chlorinated organics' that may be present in sufficient quantities in water supplies are likely to provide similar aromas and be called 'corked'.
Geez I love geek talk. Keep it up guys.
We have carbon filtered rainwater chez moi and drink masses of it. I really hate all those ortho chlorine/bromine bits.
Not to be alarmist or anything, David, but carbon-filtered rainwater isn't necessarily that good a thing. Carbon filtration won't remove certain pollutants (e.g. mercury) that can end up in rainwater from aerosols produced by coal-fired power plants and certain industrial operations. Municipal water supplies, at least here in the US, are actually among the safest sources of water, especially when combined with a home filtration system that removes organics and possibly ions, too.
Mark Lipton
nigel groundwater
nigel groundwater
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by David Lloyd:
originally posted by SFJoe:
This is quite true. Even within the narrow series, any phenol or anisole with an ortho chlorine or bromine smells pretty rank. You don't have to put three of them on the ring.originally posted by nigel groundwater:
However as Mark has said, other 'chlorinated organics' that may be present in sufficient quantities in water supplies are likely to provide similar aromas and be called 'corked'.
Geez I love geek talk. Keep it up guys.
We have carbon filtered rainwater chez moi and drink masses of it. I really hate all those ortho chlorine/bromine bits.
Not to be alarmist or anything, David, but carbon-filtered rainwater isn't necessarily that good a thing. Carbon filtration won't remove certain pollutants (e.g. mercury) that can end up in rainwater from aerosols produced by coal-fired power plants and certain industrial operations. Municipal water supplies, at least here in the US, are actually among the safest sources of water, especially when combined with a home filtration system that removes organics and possibly ions, too.
Mark Lipton
Also a significant deficit of some of the more desirable elements in [dare I say it] groundwater.
As a child growing up in Borneo in the 40s our drinking water supply was rainwater collected in lined concrete tanks, boiled and then put through a charcoal filter and kept in the fridge in old Gordon's Export Gin bottles [Yellow label with Red Lion].
I have always believed it had something to do with the fillings I required when I finally arrived at Boarding School in the UK - and for my love of a good G&T a few years later.
originally posted by nigel groundwater:
Also a significant deficit of some of the more desirable elements in [dare I say it] groundwater.
Oof! Good one, Nigel.
As a child growing up in Borneo in the 40s our drinking water supply was rainwater collected in lined concrete tanks, boiled and then put through a charcoal filter and kept in the fridge in old Gordon's Export Gin bottles [Yellow label with Red Lion].
I have always believed it had something to do with the fillings I required when I finally arrived at Boarding School in the UK - and for my love of a good G&T a few years later.
Certainly, the mandatory fluoridation of municipal water does wonders for dental health. I don't know that the high levels of Ca++, Mg++ and carbonate ions found in my incredibly hard water have much to do with it one way or another, though. You are free to attribute your love of good G&Ts to whatever childhood influence you want to, of course, but my own love of same is linked to my aversion to sweet drinks and my love of terpenoid flavors (for the most part, patchouli oil being the major exception).
Mark Lipton