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- From: hsu@pix.com (Dagwood Splits the Atom)
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- Subject: Re: Anchor Steam
- Keywords: Anchor Steam, first-timer
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- Date: 24 Nov 92 03:39:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov24.031620.13104@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov24.031620.13104@cis.ohio-state.edu> imes@parrot.cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey imes) writes:
- >Just went out tonight and had my first Anchor Steam. Must say that I was
- >pleasantly surprised. I had no previous knowledge of this beer, and did not
- >know what to expect.
- >
- >It tastes like an ale but it's not quite bitter enough. Is it some sort of
- >cross between an ale and a lager?
-
- Anchor makes another believer!
-
- You've almost hit the answer on the head. Steam beer is a lager fermented
- at ale temperatures, an invention of German immigrants who found themselves
- in warm and sunny California with only cold-climate yeast. To pull off this
- bit of subterfuge, unusually shallow fermenting ships (a ship is basically
- an open vat, for the uninitiated) are used, but the warm fermentation
- temperatures promote the production of some of the esters typically
- associated with ales.
-
- >One last question. What temperature should I keep this at?
-
- It's pretty well filtered, so store it as cold as you like. Just don't
- serve it that way.
-
- -dave
-
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