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Beware the tainted plonk!

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Dan McFeeley

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My elderly rescue hound loves beer, has discerning tastes (his favorite is Guinness), but embarrased me once on a walk -- there was an empty Bud light bottle on the sidewalk, he caught a whiff and started making his licking his chops sounds meaning he wants BEER!

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I hope you had a talk with that dog, I mean...budweiser? No way Jose. :)

But can he recognize a tainted plonk? Then I'll be impressed. ;D

I've had my sister's two dogs since November and they LOVE brewing days. They lick up every drop and would lap it out of the bucket if I let them. Especially the beer.
 

Medsen Fey

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Plonk is an expression for cheap table wine.

The "taint" they are referring to is primarily cork taint. This is an odor that ruins wine due to a substance know as 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA). There can also be other "taints" from spoilage organisms which a hound's sniffer might be able to pick up quite well.
 
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