[ale] Flame war topics

[Jim Kinney]

That's horrible news! The German beer vs. American craft ale is a very different brewing process. Most German bree is lager style - low temp fermentation and very little side-chain complexity. Most craft beers are ales - higher fermentation temperature and loads of complexity. The variation a types of alcohol is huge in ales and slight in lagers. Plus the grains used in US beers are different as well. 

Luckily, there are some outstanding German beers! Everytime I go to Chicago I hit as many German restaurants as I can because 1) I do like a good sausage dinner, and 2) the beer list is fantastic as the German heritage groups make sure of it.

On March 28, 2021 1:22:40 PM EDT, Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>I haven't done a lot of research on why, but American beer makes me ill
>
>for days. Not snobbishly, but hold my stomach and want to die after one
>
>beer. German beer, brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot, does not
>have 
>that effect. I can do a second beer and feel fine the next day. Again, 
>not a lot of research but I tend towards darker.
>
>My wife has been making pizza and some "pastas" from squash. Julianne 
>cut does great for an alfredo.
>
>On 3/28/21 12:01 PM, Jon "maddog" Hall via Ale wrote:
>> A perfect topic for the "ALE" mailing list:
>> 
>> I like all the beers and ales mentioned so far, but I think a Russian
>
>> Imperial Stout is really good, and the higher the alcohol content,
>the 
>> better.
>> 
>> A rye beer is good every once in a while, as is an oat beer.   While
>I 
>> have a rule of thumb that "grain is for beer and fruit is for wine",
>I 
>> will drink a fruited lambic.
>> 
>> I love brewing my own, starting with a traditional recipe and
>changing 
>> it slightly, and getting together a "crew" for brewing and drinking
>is 
>> always fun.
>> 
>> md
>>> On 03/28/2021 11:30 AM Pete Hardie via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>> IPAs are fine, but over-marketed these days. Brown ales, Scotch
>ales, 
>>> porters, blocks, all deserve more attention.
>>> Tortellini rules.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 10:36 Jim Kinney via Ale < ale at ale.org 
>>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Flame war topics "best beer style" (obviously an Imperial Stout
>is
>>>     the clear winner) and "the best pasta shape" (clearly rotini
>since
>>>     is holds sauce best) are the only 2 worth discussing. :-)
>>>
>>>     Now if someone is making an Imperial Stout pasta sauce....
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