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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steven C. Potter)
- Newsgroups: can.general
- Subject: Labatt "Draft";Molson "Dry" etc
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.204356.27871@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 00:43:56 GMT
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- Organization: Securiplex Technologies Inc., Montreal, Canada
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- I think I shall be winding down my discussion on the "Access to
- schools" question in the near future. So I think I will pick up
- a new topic to aggravate a different group :-)
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- How do Breweries get away with calling a bottled beer "Draft"?
- (Labatt)
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- What is the point of drinking a "beer" with "no aftertase"?
- (Molson)
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- A brewery was once taken to court over the use of the phrase
- "Real Ale" on its labelling. The brewery lost.
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- "Real Ale" is defined in the Oxford English dictionary as an
- Ale made from nothing but Barley, Hops, Yeast and water, naturally
- conditioned in the container from which it is served.
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- That is indeed "Real Ale" and nothing else - is!
-
- There is sufficient variety in the water types used; the amount
- of roasting given to the grain; the types of yeast; the ratio of
- alpha to beta amalyse in the maltose; the fermentation temperatures
- and the vessels used; the combination of various types of different
- roasted barley grains; and much more to provide for a variety of
- Ales to keep hundreds of brewerys operating in Great Britain.
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- In a North American market Beer is made for profit - not flavour,
- tradition or character! (They are in England too but Real Ale
- lovers know which breweries are doing that - it's obvious as a
- rule - and they don't drink that stuff -
- - When they have a choice! :-) )
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- In the 12 years I have been here I haven't seen one major Canadian
- brewery talk about the ingredients of their "Beer" products in
- their advertising.
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- A lot of hype about "traditional" methods that aren't; a lot of
- talk about "new" methods.
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- Now they don't even hide it anymore:-
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- "Clear", "refreshing", "no aftertaste" or "Cold-filtered".
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- Do you know what the difference is between Canadian (read North
- American) "beer" and making love in a canoe?
-
- [Answere in next posting]
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- ||| Steve Potter: steven%spxtech@CAM.ORG |||
- ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
- ||| Politics in Education in Quebec |||
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