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Since our September Club Dinner is scheduled Germany, and Britain.
for the Bavarian Bierhaus, this is
The British primarily brew Ales, while the Germans brew beers
intended to be a serious discussion
that are primarily Lagers. British ales are mostly bitters,
about the differences between
meaning that they are hoppy and sharp beers, different from the
British and German ideas about
pale ales that were popular in 19th century Britain. Beer is
brewing. Let's start by getting the
England is not, as commonly thought, served warm but at cellar
old joke out of the way, first:
temperatures, since the casks are traditionally stored in the
Q. Why do t he Brit ish drink warm basements of pubs. The style of English ales is flat and thin-
beer? bodied, produced in top fermented casks. The ale finishes
A. Because Lucas makes maturing in the cellars of pubs rather than at a brewery and has
refrigerat ors, t oo. a natural carbonation. True to the history of British brewing,
there are no cereal grains involved, there is always a hint of
bitter, and the ales are lower in alcohol, usually below 5%, which
explains why you can drink more pints, comfortably, in a pub
The Battle of
the
Beers-British
vs German
than you can while drinking German beers at Oktoberfest.
Guinness remains the beer best known by Americans, who
It seems only right to do a little
sometimes refer to its color as motor oil, but that's because
tutorial on what you could be
they've never lifted it to let the sun shine behind it. While its color
drinking at the pub and what you
is naturally dark, it is actually a deep ruby red, the result of the
will be drinking at the Bierhaus.
roasted raw malted barley that is used in making the beverage. If
Members of the NBCC who are you order a Guinness from a barman who knows what he's about
Britons will quickly tell you that you'll get a two part pour. First the pint is filled 3/4 full and
what they miss the most while allowed to settle for precisely 119.5 seconds before topping up the
living in America is the ability to pint, thereby creating the foamy head that is its trademark.
find a good British beer here.
Drinking Guinness has health benefits: 1. Antioxidants · 2. Iron · 3.
There is a distinct difference
Low Calories · 4. Folate · 5. Fibre · 6. Ferulic Acid · 7. B Vitamins · 8.
between the beers of America,
helps lower Cholesterol! No doubt this is why Guinness remains
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