Comments on: What is the difference between an ale and a lager?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:45:20 +0000

Elise, who posted that she’s allergic to the yeast that’s been used in brewing but not to the yeast that’s been used in baking may be allergic to the hops that are often used in brewing.

By: What’s The Difference Between Ale & Lager?

What’s The Difference Between Ale & Lager? — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:03:20 +0000

[...] Beer Faq even has a little chart that shows you the differences between the two types: [...]

By: steve

steve — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:15:14 +0000

My question is why can’t we buy freshly brewed (non-pasteurized) beer in the USA?
Drink any helles beer in any Munich beer garden and you will immediately notice the difference. You can order a liter and drink it slow because it still tastes great as it warms up. You can buy Paulaner bottles here in the USA, but it’s not even close to the draft product they sell at the beer gardens there. Why is that? Is it just pasteurization that ruins it? It’s not just Germany either – try the draft beer at the mall in Omigari Japan – same tremendous taste.

By: Darcey

Darcey — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:01:03 +0000

The reason they have names such as ‘Bitter’ ‘Stout’ ‘Porter’ ‘Mild’ is that they ARE different styles otherwise you’d go ‘ooh thats a dark ale’ rather than classing it as a Extra Best Bitter?! There are more types of yeast then their are people to brew them, they evolve and change continuously.

Many ‘Ales’ are cold conditioned to improve clarity, and many stronger examples are cask conditioned for upto and over a year, long past the lagering period.

By: scubasteve

scubasteve — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:55:51 +0000

Um, That previous guy is wrong. Stouts, my personal favorite style of beer, IS considered an Ale. Its a type of Ale known as a Dark Ale. My local home brew shop (HBS) carries 3 different books on brewing beer, so we picked them up. ALL 3 BOOKS, claim stouts and porters are styles of ale.

By: chequers

chequers — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:31:59 +0000

There is a widespread mistaken belief that beer is divided into ales and lagers.This is a grotesque distortion and misinterpretation of the facts.Agreed, lagers are mowadays bottom fermented though originally they were not.And ales are top fermented.That much is true.But to call describe all top fermented beers as ales is as sensible and as valid as calling all vacuum cleaners Hoovers.Or calling all furry aninals dogs.There are many other top fermented beers, such as porter and stout NO!!! These are NOT and NEVER WERE considered to be ales.EVER.Neither is Kolsch an ale, it’s German but ales are particular to Britain and those places influenced by her.Germans would be offended if the resultes of a long and illustrious brewing history was lumped together with a specific type of British beer from a totally different background.
This misconception seems to be fairly recent and concentrated in the US.English drinkers certainly don’t talk about stout as being an ale.Every pub seems to have a brewer’s advertisement offering “Ales and Stouts)

By: elise

elise — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:27:59 +0000

so could i use baker’s yeast instead of brewer’s yeast in my home brew? or would it taste really gross. i’m allergic to brewer’s yeast but not baker’s yeast.. tragic i know.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:57:44 +0000

At a party someone said that “All beer is Lager beer, the only difference among them is the brewing process”
How accurate is this statement

By: What is a Kolschbier (Kolsch)? | Beer-FAQ

What is a Kolschbier (Kolsch)? | Beer-FAQ — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:54:28 +0000

[...] it undergoes a cold fermentation and aging period, giving it its "hybrid" status (see Difference Between and Ale and a Lager for more [...]

By: rtdietz

rtdietz — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:36:25 +0000

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the comment. You are right of course… cellar temperature is the more common and traditional way to serve an English ale.

I will update the article. Thanks for the feedback.