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| Thread ID: 112522 | 2010-09-10 00:01:00 | English Beer | KarameaDave (15222) | PC World Chat |
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| 1135915 | 2010-09-12 23:38:00 | Pilsener was the name given to the first Lagers brewed - from Pilsen in Czeckoslavakia - (ie brewed in the style of Lager from Pilsen) A significant proportion of German beers are in fact Pilsener styled lagers - Lowenbrau of couse being one of the most famous, and Becks being now a well established if unreasonably expensive bottled example of German Lager available in Australoia and NZ. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 1135916 | 2010-09-12 23:46:00 | There is no bad beer. Some beers are better than others. A cold beer is better than a warm beer, but, a warm beer is better than no beer. PJ :drool | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1135917 | 2010-09-13 00:01:00 | Mike, would that be 'The Trip' in Nottingham. It was from here that the Crusaders reputedly had their beer before setting out to join Richard I on his Crusades in the Middle East. The pub is built in caves underneath Nottingham Castle, and is certainly really old. Can't remember what beer I drank here as I was fascinated by the premises. No it was west nor west just out of London |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1135918 | 2010-09-13 00:05:00 | Not all real ales are good though, are they? I drank something horridible in Scotland - Belhaven. Whereas Fullers was a pint to forget (no flavour) Belhaven tasted actively ghastly. Don't know if it was a bad batch, or whether that is what the Scots like... When ever you go into a pub always look to see what the locals are drinking as that will be the best brew there as the beer doesn't have much time to settle in the pipes. You can have a good beer in one place and have the same elsewhere and it can be revolting because it is going off in the pipes. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1135919 | 2010-09-13 00:08:00 | There is no bad beer. Oh yes there is. I remember a guy I had done some work for over there bought me some cans of Guinness(before they had that gas ball in them) for a party and they were so bad I could not drink them and I love Guinness. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1135920 | 2010-09-13 00:27:00 | Englanders and warm beer luckily we are more civilized here. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1135921 | 2010-09-13 00:40:00 | Englanders and warm beer luckily we are more civilized here. Said by someone who hasn't been over there so hasn't tasted many good beers. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1135922 | 2010-09-13 01:13:00 | It's a common misconception that English beer is served warm. Rubbish. It is cooled, but not semi frozen to the point of tastelessness, as in some NZ bars and especially in Australia. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1135923 | 2010-09-13 01:17:00 | Englanders and warm beer luckily we are more civilized here. It is a myth that the Brits drink warm beer. I grant you that is not as cold as the ghastly frozen stuff you get here (especially the beer that comes out of those taps that have ice all over them). However, good beer in Britain comes from the 'room temperature' of a cellar that is as cold as a witch's proverbial. The difference between British and Irish real ales and the junk served up by NZ breweries like Lion and Dominion (not microbreweries like The Twisted Hop and Emersons) is that the Brit and Irish ales are served at a temperature where you can actually taste them and tell whether they are good or not. If you drink NZ brewery junk, you HAVE to drink it frozen so you can't taste what they are serving you. If you could taste it, you wouldn't ever drink it again. That is why Kiwis think it is important to drink frozen beer. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1135924 | 2010-09-13 01:25:00 | @ KarameaDave - please describe the temperature of the beers you are enjoying if you would be so kind! Would you typify them as 'warm'? |
John H (8) | ||
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