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- From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Cask Ale; Thomas Hardy
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 14:51:11 GMT
- Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
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- Message-ID: <1edl8vINNkan@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>
- References: <1992Nov17.201506.7336@viewlogic.com> <1ebqblINNjbi@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <1992Nov18.134320.11701@viewlogic.com>
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- Summary: Thomas Who?
-
- In article <1992Nov18.134320.11701@viewlogic.com> robl@macro.viewlogic.com (Rob Limbert) writes:
- >|> 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).
- ...
- >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,
-
- He doesn't classify it as a pilsner in the Pocket Guide, but his
- description does make it sound like a classic pilsner, so I'll defer
- to Michael Jackson's expertise. I'll also try to bludgeon my taste-
- buds into characterizing the aftertaste of Samuel Adams Lager as
- "dry," and I'll squint until I see the color as "light." :-)
- --
- Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
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