MessageThe difference between beer and ale is in the temperature at which the
brew ferments and the typical action of yeast. Ale ferments at a higher
temperature and thus is finished much more quickly than beer. The yeast is
generally (but not in every case) top fermenting yeast.
"Real ale" refers primarily to the manner in which the ale is
delivered--through a manual (pull) pump traditionally connected directly to
casks in the cellar (but rarely done this way today). Real ale is cool, not
cold, and has a gentle, soft, natural carbonation. The ingredients are malted
barley, hops, water, and sometimes sugar or malt syrup. That's it. If any
other ingredients are used, it's not "real ale" (although it might be porter,
stout, etc.)
There are truly excellent American ales (Microbreweries), but as they virtually
always come in bottles (bottle conditioned) or else on "tap" (artificially
carbonated) they are not real ales. This type of carbonation is harsh. Some
American pubs now use "cask conditioned" pumps similar to traditional British
pull-pumps, and hence some of these brews may qualify as real ale. However,
these casks are not kept in cellars where it takes quite a bit of maintenance
to keep lines clean, etc. On the other hand few British pubs continue to do it
this way either.
After tasting real ale in a good British pub it's kind of hard to go back to
the American style. Some of us have been forced to brew our own.
Paul Okami
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Whose classroom curriculum is it?
I thought the usual question was the difference between a lager and an ale.
I seem to recall that it has something to do with yeast action - one is top
fermenting and the other is bottom - can't remember which is which.
Bill Goss
College of the Rockies
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Ale is an English drink. Originally it was not flavored with hops (and it
doesn't necessarily come in green bottles). It was often flavored with spices
such as clove (which still makes a fine Christmas-season drink, if you make
your own). "Beer" is the anglicization of the French variant, bière, which was
flavored with hops. English soldiers returning from war in France liked it so
much that the ale-makers in England eventually got with the program and figured
out how to get and use hops.
Neither is produced in the US. :-)
Chris
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Can someone tell me the difference between a beer and an ale and why
does ale come in a green bottle?
MJS
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:31:06 -0500
Peter: Sounds good to me! and I agree about the artificial cooling!
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John W. Kulig
Professor of Psychology
Director, Psychology Honors
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH 03264
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From: Peter Harzem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:57 AM
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Whose classroom curriculum is it?
On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:08 PM, John Kulig wrote:
Peter:
Is this beer at room temperature? I just glanced at Christopher
Green's post
.. I may have lost already. BUT, I want to look at the wording of the
questions before I concede. Hold on!! [If all all else fails I will
work on
a favorable definition of 'reasonable' - you know, it depends on what
the
definition of is, is :) ]
John,
The temperature of good beer depends where is the room: in Alabama or
in
John o' Groats*! Thought of artificially cooled English beer is
painful
(ugh!). As for the definition (actually the meaning) of 'is', I just
looked
it up in the Oxford English Dictionary: there are 10++ meanings. (The
point
Clinton made was not at all silly, but as a politician he should have
known
that most people would think it was.) So, don't worry about
definitions -
you may have set yourself an impossible task. And the bet: you say
tomato I
say tameito... So, let's call the whole thing off....
By the way, I just read Chris who thinks he was interjecting humor
into all
this; I thought you and I had already done that! (We are number ONE,
we
are...)
Peter
*Northernmost tip of Britain.
Peter Harzem, B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Wales)
Hudson Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5214
USA
Phone: +334 844-6482
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