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Lagering Bitter?
Drinking a 'Daleside Blonde' at the moment. I bought it in Tesco because it was advertised as a Lagered Ale. The bottle explains it's a traditional english ale but cold conditioned as a lager.
Does this simply mean changing the type of yeast for a lager yeast when your ready for fermenting?
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Posted 6 months ago by Member
Pretty much .. along with the temperatures needed for lager yeast. Look up Steam Beer... something I've always meant to do, but... all those beers, grains, hops, malts etc .. and nowhere near enough days!!!! It's all about bottom fermentation.
Ooo err!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 6 months ago by Key Master
No. If you changed the yeast to lager yeast and cold fermented then you would be making a lager.
I think they probably mean that its been fermented at normal ale temp then dropped to 2/3 c for a secondary period, probably around 2 or 3 weeks. I guess most home brewers could be described as doing this as you usually store ales in cooler temps for conditioning and clearing, which in effect is doing the same thing.
Personally I think the description on that bottle is a gimmick but perhaps that's just me.
Fermenting: FFF Moondance
Conditioning: I can't remember (Porter)
Drinking:Turbo Cider, Ringwood 49Er Clone, Summer Lightning, Elderflower Champagne
Posted 6 months ago by Member
Ah.. yes, what Greg said.
Sorry, completely misread your post.
Ooops!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 6 months ago by Member
no worries. Tasted very good by the way. The bottle didn't specify the hop but there was some blackcurrant tones in there. Tried steam beer in New York last year and was very impressed, in fact once you got past Bud and Miller the quality of beer in NY was excellent.
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