...Hops, a main ingredient in beer. Posted on 08/03/2023 7:09:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
Beer, a fermented beverage made from grains and yeast, is a popular drink all over the world. There are many different types of beer, although they are usually broken up into two basic categories: ale and lager. The term lager is often interchanged with “beer”, especially outside of Germany, which is why some consumers make a distinction between beer and ale, rather than lager and ale. The difference between beer and ale has to do with the way in which is it brewed, and how the yeast ferments.
Before hops became widespread in Europe, ale was a beer created without the use of hops, while lager combined hops with the other ingredients. As hops began to pervade breweries, however, this distinction between beer and ale no longer applied. Brewers began to differentiate between beer and ale on the basis of where the yeast fermented in the cask: ale uses yeast that gathers on the top, and lager uses yeast that ferments on the bottom.
...Hops, a main ingredient in beer.
Beer and ale both start out in the same way. Barley or another type of grain is malted, which means that it is sprouted in a moist environment and then dried. Brewers yeast is added and it ferments the beverage, usually very quickly, before the malt has a chance to spoil. Other ingredients such as hops are added to increase the depth of the flavor, and to temper the sweetness of the malt.
...Barley, a common ingredient in many beers.
Ale is fermented at a higher temperature, and matures more quickly as a result. The yeast rises to the top as the beer ferments, creating a yeasty froth on the top of the beer cask. Lager is fermented at a lower temperature, and the yeast settles to the bottom as the beer matures. Lagers were traditionally brewed in German caves, which got quite chilly during the winter especially.
...A stout, a brown ale, and a pilsner.
Beer and ale can usually be separated by taste as well as brewing process. Ale has a brighter, rich, more aggressive, hoppy flavor, and often has a higher alcohol content as well. Lager has a smooth and mild flavor with a clear, clean finish. Examples of ale include any sort of beer with “ale” in the name, porters, stouts, and many German specialty beers such as Abbey ales. Lagers include pilsners, dopplebocks, and Oktoberfests.
...Malt extract is known for its use in brewing beer.
Beer and ale also have different distribution patterns. Ale is found in the Belgium, the British Isles, and many former British colonies including the United States and Canada. Lager is widely served in Germany and other European nations, although some German specialty beers are actually ales. Many consumers have difficulty distinguishing between beer and ale on the basis of taste alone, as many modern breweries incorporate a variety of brewing techniques and flavors in their beers.
skol!
I understood what Claude Rains meant in Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945) when he said he would just drink his “barley water” instead of local wines.
I had some Guinness. I noticed it did not say “Beer” anywhere on the bottle except for the importer. It has on it “Product of Ireland/ALE.
All I know is that IPA’s SUCK!
Well we have already seen what happened during Prohibition. It didn’t work. Only lasted 13 years. My dad became an alcoholic in those 13 years showing the failure of it.
Same for gun control.
I am making commentary on the writing in this brief article. Where beer is indicated to be either lager or ale, but then proceeds to mix up usage of beer and lager.
About a $1 per bottle. /sarc
I read that medieval taverns used to serve a drink made from pears. This sounds good.
Pilsner brand in Germany is the best - a county where they don’t have those silly alcohol content restrictions. US import of the brand sucks.
Germany has their ‘Beer Purity Laws’...............They didn’t invent beer. They perfected it!...............
Germany has their ‘Beer Purity Laws’...............They didn’t invent beer. They perfected it!.
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And Americans watered it down. In some cases, American beer is indistinguishable from badly flavored water.
After my trips to Germany for my job, I have no respect for American brews..............
When I was stationed in Germany I was shocked at my fellows who insisted on drinking “Miller Genuine Draft.” I’m not sure what’s wrong with some people!
Ah, I gotcha. Yes, that’s confusing.
Our local Aldi has 4 pack of 16oz cans of Wernesgrüner Pilsner for around $5.50. Pretty decent German Pilsner for the price.
The English say American beer is like sex in a canoe....
I drank a lot of duty free beer on leave on the Channel ferry in ‘81 and ‘82 but nothing compared to what the English lads could put away, lol.
I think it was Watney’s Red barrel, which I guess the beer snobs look down on, but it was tastier than American swill and a nice change from Licher and Richer, the local biers in Hessen where I was.
Tucher, not Richer!
@#$& auto correctum....
All I ever brewed at home were ales, because of the temperature issue. I did know a guy who made lager in Tucson in the summertime, because he had a refrigerator just for that.
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