which one is better ?
ale or lager
Nov 04, 2005
16 Replies
Yes.
As Lager is just a mish mash of chemicals Real Ale wins everytime
If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.
It is alleged that Hal C claimed:
Ale or lager? vi or emacs? Purple or green? Drink the one YOU prefer.
Ale and Lager.
"lager" (We're talking Scrabble points, right?)
I'll drink green!
Phil =====visit the New York City Homebrewers Guild website:
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emacs w/ green font while drinking ale
Yeah, those German beers are just full of all sorts of nasty chemicals. Like water, yeast, and other nasty crap.
Rolling my eyes ...
-Steve
Ah !!! but better for what ???
Ale Versus Lager = (anagram) rule revel as gas
One can brew a lager as a "real ale."
It's not a big deal, it's just less effort for me. I think vi is a pain. I know how to use it, I just don't want to ...specially after several beers! ;)
nb
for those who don't know, a "real ale" as defined by the British Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is any cask conditioned beer which is served through either gravity feed or a beer engine which IIRC is a pump mechanism that was used in bars and pubs before compressed gasses became commonly available.
That's true IFF you consider bottles to be casks, and pouring from a bottle as "gravity feed." IOW bottle-conditioned beer (regardless of whether an ale or lager yeast is used, which is the reason I responded to the OP) is certainly considered to be Real Ale.
CAMRA definition:
Real ale is beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide.
Real ale is also known as 'cask-conditioned beer', 'real cask ale', 'real beer' and 'naturally conditioned beer'.
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