Really I haven't seen any negative stuff but wasn't on here much yesterday, crazy how any Liverpool fan can be anything other than over the moon at this point. We were even good at the back yesterday.
Oh you old fuddyduddy. At this time there's more people drinking tea and coffee in Weatherspoons than beer! But just to get drawn into the debate. Never really been into real ale. Hated the English idea of what lager should taste like. Got educated in Belgium, Denmark and Germany. Got totally disappointed when Euro brands appeared in the UK that were brewed here - bloody rip off!!
I've been to Oktoberfest a couple of times and drunk German beer all day. Tastes much better than stuff over here and doesn't make you spew.
Perhaps the German 'Purity' laws has some thing to do with that. Plus it's partly a taxation problem. In the UK duty becomes payable as soon as the beer is produced whereas in most European countries it only becomes due when the beer leaves the brewery. Hence the 'proving' time in the UK is greatly reduced.
You're probably right. Counter-productive though isn't it? If our stuff was like the Krauty stuff people would drink more, therefore more income. Plus there'd be fewer ill-effects and fewer man-hours lost to hangovers, illness, and general alcohol-induced uselessness. Not sure what the effect would be on alcoholism numbers, though.
germans are very picky about their purity no question I was at summerfest in stuttgart all right and aorund the houses in germany a few times. they are BIG into local brewing and will slate all foreign beers especially Belgian which they say is full of chemicals. Germans are funny. they keep the good **** themselves. the food in germany is fantastic (south and est not in the f'n north west where british frying means everything is french fries) their beers and spirits are too... it never travels. have you ever heard of a fine geman cuisine experience? nope not sauerkraut and frankfurters... we went to a supplier right about two weeks back. took an american who wouldn't have a clue... lunch... 500 year old guesthouse for the laugh (I made our supplier do it) vension for hm, I had steak. made them drink schnapps for lunch too.... f'n spectacular and all for 20 euros a head.
**** keeping RE: Beer temperature... I don't like it too cold, tend not to drink anything straight from the fridge. Equally, can't stand it warm or room temperature either. All mine are kept in my cellar which is usually absolute spot on for me. The first often gets downed too
In terms of the ill-effects it would probably mean that the ABV would be reduced from the permium rates to a more normal 3.5%
you lucky batard, always wanted to go there, i do enjoy that hoegarden (?) beer, the white one, quite lethal when you have had a few of them, not in the special brew category, but getting there lol. mind you, is it a german beer? think it is.
Love the idea of Oktober est and I've always wanted to go too! Beer and Bratwurst. P.S. In case you lot didn't know there's a thread ripping into us on the Hull forum. It's quite funny, TBH.
