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- From: robl@macro.viewlogic.com (Rob Limbert)
- Subject: Re: Cask Ale; Thomas Hardy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.134320.11701@viewlogic.com>
- Originator: robl@macro
- Sender: robl@macro (Rob Limbert)
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- Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov17.155315.14267@news.nd.edu> <1ebeagINNd2j@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <1992Nov17.201506.7336@viewlogic.com> <1ebqblINNjbi@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:43:20 GMT
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- In article <1ebqblINNjbi@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>, plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov17.201506.7336@viewlogic.com> robl@macro.viewlogic.com (Rob Limbert) writes:
- |> > Out of curiosity, why (unless you're using the purist definition whereby
- |> >a Pilsner must come from Pilsen) would calling Sam Adams Lager a Pilsner
- |> >be inaccurate?
- |>
- |> Just 'cause I like to quibble.
- |>
- |> Seriously, though, a lager is any ol' bottom-fermeted beer. US
- |> megabreweries aside, a pilsner is a super-premium lager which is
- |> light (in color) and is characterized by a flowery hop aroma
- |> and a dry finish (according to Jackson). Being from Pilsen
- |> helps. :-)
- |> Does Koch actually call his lager a pilsner? I wouldn't put
- |> it past him, but it doesn't seem one to me.
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- I don't think he does, though it wouldn't mean that much by itself if he
- did (I like Sam Adams, but I get a bit tired of its 'Best Beer in America'
- pitch). But Michael Jackson calls Sam Adams a Pilsner (in 'The New World
- Guide to Beer'), and I think Sam Adams meets all the criteria you list above,
- as well as having a gravity and strength around that of a classic Pilsner.
- It's not from Pilsen, but nobody's perfect, except maybe Pilsner Urquell :-).
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- No point in beating this too far, especially since the definition of
- Pilsner can be fuzzy in places, but I think Sam Adams can legitimately
- be called a Pilsner without loosening the definition too much.
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- Rob
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