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- From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Cask Ale; Thomas Hardy
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 13:56:57 GMT
- Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
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- In article <1e9t5sINNgmt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cm199@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas G. Moore) writes:
- >
- >But in response to your question-Thomas Hardy is similar to cask
- >condition ales in that there is living yeast in the bottle. This
- >will give the beer a chance to change flavors after so many years
- >which is why it's so expensive. It can be compared to a fine wine
- >and I have heard that it can be aged up to 25 years.
-
- All that is true, but I think the most important fact about
- Thomas Hardy to impart is that it is a barley wine (a *very*
- strong beer, at least 2-3 times stronger than a "typical" ale).
- I once suggested to somebody that they try a barley wine, and
- their reaction to the brew was negative, to say the least, even
- after a warning that it would be more like a sherry than a beer.
- --
- Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
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