From: Bod on
On 25/03/2010 09:14, Huge wrote:
> On 2010-03-24, Albert T Cone<a.k.kirby(a)durham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Huge wrote:
>>> On 2010-03-22, Adrian<toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "Brimstone"<brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
>>>> they were saying:
>>>>
>>>>>> The only reason I put the two words together is that my local sells
>>>>>> Stalla Artois.
>>>>> Which I would not describe as lager.
>>>> Wouldn't you? Why not? It _is_ a lager.
>>>
>>> No it isn't, since it hasn't been lagered. As indeed have any so-called
>>> "lagers" made in the UK.
>>
>> IIUI, the difference between an ale and a lager is that lagers are
>> bottom-fermented, typically at a low temperature, and ales are
>> top-fermented, typically at a higher temperature.
>> 'Lagering' is simply cool fermentation, is it not? Which is why you can
>> have unlagered lagers and lagered ales..
>
> More or less.
>
>> Also, IIRC, stella *used to* be lagered, but isn't any more because of
>> cost-cutting. Sorry, I mean because of "improvements in brewing
>> technology".
>
> AFAIK, no mass-market lager in the UK is lagered. Because of the way duty
> is collected here, it is more cost-effective for the brewers to ship it
> ASAP.
>
>

I'd rather drink canal water than any lager. Ghastly stuff IMO.

Bod
From: Steve Firth on
Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> I'd rather drink canal water than any lager. Ghastly stuff IMO.

Perhaps you can list which lagers you have tried?

This should be good for a laugh.
From: Albert T Cone on
Bod wrote:

>
> I'd rather drink canal water than any lager. Ghastly stuff IMO.

I dunno about that. A tall glass of Staropramen on a hot summers day is
very satisfying. Not all lagers are tasteless fizzy stuff.
From: Bod on
On 26/03/2010 08:52, Albert T Cone wrote:
> Bod wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd rather drink canal water than any lager. Ghastly stuff IMO.
>
> I dunno about that. A tall glass of Staropramen on a hot summers day is
> very satisfying. Not all lagers are tasteless fizzy stuff.
>
>

Never tasted it, but I'll take your word.

Bod
From: Adrian on
Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>>> I'd rather drink canal water than any lager. Ghastly stuff IMO.

>> I dunno about that. A tall glass of Staropramen on a hot summers day is
>> very satisfying. Not all lagers are tasteless fizzy stuff.

> Never tasted it, but I'll take your word.

Leffe?