When the CIA estimated on October 20, 1962, that 6,000 to 8,000 Soviet troops were stationed in Cuba, the true number was more than 40,000. 3. To keep news of the crisis from leaking, a concocted cold was blamed for President Kennedyâs cancellation of public events.
Well, my lad. A malt beverage is a beverage made from malt. Malt beverage, as a term, is meant to enclose all beer, ale, and porter (and everything in between), without having to distinguish between them. It's easier to tax beer and ale as one product than having two different sets of standards. That's my theory, at least.
Here, malt refers to the sugar derived from grains that have been dried in a process known as âmalting.â And a malted milk shake at an old-fashioned soda fountain, called a âmaltâ for short, was usually a regular milk shake with an added spoonful of malt powder (often Carnation brand, in the old-school preparation).