- Jan 13, 2013
- 23,953
- 48,317
- AFL Club
- West Coast
Don't drink lager, most have no flavour.Ok, it's a long off-season. So for all you ice-cold only, lager-swilling Kents, here's the official explanation:
Lager (/ˈlɑːɡər/) is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature.[1] Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer.[2] The term "lager" comes from the German for "storage", as the beer was stored before drinking, traditionally in the same cool caves[3] in which it was fermented.
As well as maturation in cold storage, most lagers are distinguished by the use of Saccharomyces pastorianus, a "bottom-fermenting" yeast that ferments at relatively cold temperatures.
Source. Wikipedia
For those of you with comprehension issues, here's the pertinent part - "bottom-fermenting" yeast...
Drink proper beer, and stay away from the frosty bum-brew gaiz (NTTAWWT)
I speak truth to power, what can I say.
I'm well aware that those English beers are meant to be drunk warm, I just think most warm beer is shit. I do like stouts & brown ales at a slightly (and I mean slightly) warmer temp than pale ales etc though