Sorry, I thought it was clear. If I'm going out on a drinking session I know will last hours I'll drink Bud and last no problem. If I drink something else like sierra Nevada, Anchor or something from Rouge I can only drink a few. Too heavy a taste and the alcohol goes to my head sooner for some reason.
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Bud is a good session beer. Very mild taste that you can drink all >> night. Especially in the summer. > > > > I've never heard of the expression "session beer" before. So I looked it up. > If you didn't know what it meant either here's some info. > > http://beeradvocate.com/articles/653 > > You may have encountered the term session beer before, as in, This would > make a fine session beer - a statement usually proclaimed with a sense of > nirvana, followed by a subtle smile of reaffirmation. You may have even > experienced the feeling of discovering a session beer yourself, when, during > the course of a night at the bar, you suddenly come across a particular beer > that sticks with you for the rest of the evening. > > But what exactly is a "session beer"? > > *The Drinking Session* > A British expat and buddy of ours in California once suggested that a > "session" referred to one of the two allowable drinking periods in England > that were imposed on shell production workers during World War I. Typically > the licensed sessions were 11am-3pm and 7pm-11pm, and apparently continued > up until the Liquor Licensing Act 1988 was introduced. Workers would find a > beer that they could adequately quaff within these restrictive 4-hour > "sessions" that were laid down by the government without getting legless and > return to work or not get arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Now he > could be full of shite, but we've found some smatterings of info to back > this up and it sounds like a fine origin of the term to us. > > Sessionable beers of the time might have been a cask-conditioned offering, > Mild or Bitter, at 3 to 4 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), but no higher. > Poured into a UK pint glass (20ozs vs. the US 16oz pint), patrons might have > had upwards of 8 pints during a session and still remain coherent, ergo the > "session beer." Sounds like a lot of beer, but it actually works out to be > about 1 beer per hour if you take into consideration the rising ABV of > today's beers. > > *The Session Beer* > Though the term session beer has more or less preserved its meaning over > the years, it has yet to be truly defined by anyone. To boot, we get asked a > dozen times a week. So let's give it a stab. > > *session beer* > *n.* > > Any beer that contains no higher than 5 percent ABV, featuring a balance > between malt and hop characters (ingredients) and, typically, a clean finish > - a combination of which creates a beer with high drinkability. The purpose > of a session beer is to allow a beer drinker to have multiple beers, within > a reasonable time period or session, without overwhelming the senses or > reaching inappropriate levels of intoxication. (Yes, you can drink and enjoy > beer without getting drunk.) > > Let's use it in a sentence! > > "Whoa. This 4.5 percent ABV lager is so crisp, refreshing and drinkable, > with just a touch of hops and malty sweetness. I could drink this all day > long! Actually, I think I might!" exclaimed Todd. "Sounds like a perfect > session beer! Next round is on me!" agreed Jason. > > Why does a session beer have to be under 5 percent ABV? The average ABV of > the 30,000-odd beers in our database is 5.9 percent, but as you approach the > 6 percent mark, we've found that beer drinkers feel the impact of this extra > 1 percent quite easily over the course of a drinking session. While body > chemistry varies greatly from person to person, 5 percent ABV seems to be > optimal for everyone. Remember: the point of a session beer is imbibing > socially without getting loaded. > > But dont be fooled; just because a beer is lower in ABV doesnt mean that > its lower in flavor. All over the world, there are thousands - tens of > thousands - of beers being made at 5 percent ABV or lower, in every > conceivable style. So lets all raise a glass to session beers, and always > remember to ... > > R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309975 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
