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- From: parsons@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Parsons)
- Subject: Re: Cask Ale; Thomas Hardy
- References: <1992Nov17.201506.7336@viewlogic.com> <1ebqblINNjbi@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <1992Nov18.134320.11701@viewlogic.com> <1edl8vINNkan@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:04:02 GMT
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- plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak) writes:
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- >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." :-)
-
- I'm not one to question the authority given the honorable Mr.
- Jackson by this group either, BUT.... Wouldn't a good criterion for a
- pilsner be a heavy dose of Saaz hops? Apart from Sam Adam's not really
- having a dry finish or a light color, it doesn't have much (if any) Saaz
- flavor.
-
- Just my two cents..
- -m.
-
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