Chris asks…
Could you recommend a good beer and tell me a little about it?
I am trying to put together a short guide to beers from around the world, mentioning different styles and brews. Are there any brews you would particularly recommend or tell me to steer clear of?
Where do you think the best beers come from? Germany? Belgium? Czechoslovakia? UK?
Thanks for any help.
Lots of good recommendations! Golden Glory is a favourite of mine as well. I have tried Fraoch as well and it has a very unusual taste.
I have been doing a bit of cutting and pasting, but adapting this as much as possible in my own words. My idea was to make a beer tasting guide as a present for my father-in-law. Basically, its a folder, with a short introduction to tipples in different countries and I have designed a tasting notes template, with space for a beer label.
Beer FAQ answers:
Kwak Beer:
http://www.beerhere.co.uk/acatalog/Kwak_ales.html
It is billed as Belgian beer but is actually Flemish.
Http://www.bestbelgianspecialbeers.be/main_eng.html
While the brewery story says that the glass and its holder were made for coachmen there is another story. During the Napoleonic Wars French Army officers were concerned about their troops spending so much time in the local inns drinking. So they had flat bottomed tankards replaced by round bottomed glasses so the troops couldn’t put their glasses down and would thus drink faster. The soldiers’ response, with the usual initiative of other ranks everywhere when confronted with the intransigence of officers, was to create a wooden holder that allowed them to stand the round bottomed glasses on a flat surface.
Hard to say where the best beers in the world come from. I’ve drunk beer all over the world. I’ve even had a decent beer in the US of A, in Minneapolis-St Paul, even if the stuff they export is total rubbish.
Robert asks…
What is an adjunct lager?
I have a book called The Complete Guide to Beer. There is a section on Asian Beers. It describes the Style of both Kingfisher and Bengal Lager (I’ve had Kingfisher) as ‘adjunct lager’. What is that?
I understand the definition of ‘adjunct’: as being something that is joined or added to something else.
Is it because Kingfisher has cereal grains and faint yeast in it? If that was the case then wouldn’t a frambroise, lambic, or even chocolate stouts ALL be adjuncts in their own rights?
Thanks,
Beer FAQ answers:
Adjunct lager should pertain to the special ingredients in beer.
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April 26, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Some of my favourite beers are from Quebec, especially those of Unibroue. Many of their beers still have the yeast sediment in the bottles, which made me a bit wary at first. But after tasting it, I became a fan. Their Ephemere line has fruity flavours. I can only seem to find the apple flavour our west but when I was in Montreal I remember a peach and cassis.
Yum!