"A Man Walks Into A Pub" is a real lively history of beer in England. In the final part of the book he says that in most cases: "a lager is a lager is a lager," which is his way of saying that there is not much difference in the flavor of most lagers, and if it was not for advertising we would not notice any difference.
Tom
If we're speaking from the typical British beer drinker's experience, in which lager is a mass-produced gassy yellow alcohol delivery system lacking much in the way of flavo(u)r or body, um, yeah, fine. After all, that isn't so different from the typical American, Canadian, Japanese, Australian, or other beer drinker's experience. For such drinkers, brand loyalty is more of a driver than any distinction in flavor. "Choose on taste" is so much marketing bullSHITE.
Otherwise, the guy doesn't know doodly-squat about lager. He doesn't know about classic Bohemian and Moravian pale and dark session lagers, lagered porters from the Baltic countries, Franconian country lagers, Bavarian Helles and Dunkles, Austrian monastery lagers served straight from the barrel, copper-colored Märzens, Bamberger Rauchbier, eastern German Schwarzbier, or pale Bockbier and dark Doppelbocks. He's never savored the likes of Victory's Prima Pils, Tupper's Hop Pocket Pilsner, or even something crazy and over the top like Rogue's Morimoto Pilsner. And yet, in most cases, "a lager is a lager is a lager."
So why should anyone give that much credence to what Pete Brown has to say?
No, he's really talking about British lagers, he makes that point specifically, and I really liked the book. He's much more than the usual arse talking s**te about something he knows nothing about. There are some good observations in the book about beer.
Good to see you so Anglicised in your speech Lew
Peter Peter Alexander Chairman CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury Branch. My CAMRA connections are given for information only.
And it's simply good to see you, Peter. Where have you been, did we piss you off?
Perhaps he was just off getting pissed?
Grammarians everywhere cringe...
Ya mean, the way fans of spelling & capitalization do when they read your blog?
"Ballentine IPA"
"Samuel Adams - Cranberry Lambec"
"carbonization"
"Glens falls NY"
It's a real bitch, throwing them stones in your glass Internet house.
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