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Re: Beer Vs. Ale
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| From: | vlad
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| Posted: |
Wed Mar 3. 1999, 02:57 UTC
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| Followup to: | "Beer Vs. Ale" by Reb (Tue Mar 2. 1999, 19:18 UTC)
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there are two types of beer: ales and lagers. ales are usually, but not
always, darker and more bitter; lagers are light and less strong. however,
there are pitch black lagers (sapporo black) and champagne-colored ales
(sierra nevada pale ale.)
ales include amber ales (fruity and full), pale ales (light and non-bitter),
stouts (dark and hoppy, sometimes pitch black like guiness) and porters
(choclatey and dark.) lagers include pilsners (almost all major american
beers are pilsners, e.g. budweiser, coors, miller, etc.) and
bocks/dobblebocks.
SO ales are usually heavier and darker, lagers are light and easily mass
produced. but both are types of beers.
in the mid 70's the usa outlawed calling a liquid "beer" if it had more than
6lcohol...which is why there is fosters "lager" (really a watered-down
pilsner) and old english "malt liquor," which is a completely useless term.
oh yeah...if you really wanna impress someone, lagers are BOTTOM-fermenting
and ales are TOP-fermenting. and steam beers are inbetween.
ignore everything i just said and go buy a lot of beer and see for yourself.
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