SC - Re: liqueurs
CBlackwill at aol.com
CBlackwill at aol.com
Tue Jun 27 22:49:53 PDT 2000
In a message dated 00-06-28 01:23:24 EDT, you write:
<< I've gotten two different answers to the question of what was the
differance
between an ale and a beer.
One is that beer uses top feeding yeasts while ale uses bottom feeding
yeasts.
This may be a modern definition.
>>
You have that reversed (sort of). Actually, an ale is a top fermenting
beverage, brewed at or near room temperature, using saccaromyces cerivisae
(sp?) yeast, while a lager is a bottom fermenting beer, brewed at cooler
temperatures using saccharomyces uvarum (among others). Beer is a generic
term for both. Derived from the Germanic, if I am not mistaken...
Balthazar of Blackmoor
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