tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post6203610851911007941..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Hotting up for craft lagerCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-6073561128067050602018-07-07T09:51:28.416+01:002018-07-07T09:51:28.416+01:00Why would anyone choose a craft lager in a craft b...Why would anyone choose a craft lager in a craft beardy pub over an authentic well made industrial Budvar, Augustiner etc?Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-7418535901955151142018-07-06T17:05:23.780+01:002018-07-06T17:05:23.780+01:00Peter, look for 'Radlers'.
https://vinep...Peter, look for 'Radlers'. <br /><br />https://vinepair.com/buy-this-booze/7-best-radler-beers/<br /><br />I think the article above is more about North American beers (which is where I live) but Stiegl is Austrian. There should be similar ones on sale in the UK. :)<br /><br />CheersRusstovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-52127171912121688202018-07-05T10:44:31.344+01:002018-07-05T10:44:31.344+01:00My brewery makes a lager (actually I make it). It ...My brewery makes a lager (actually I make it). It is subtle, fresh tasting has its own hint of fizz but it is 6% ABV. It sells out at beer festivals I might add and has been available, hand pulled, at a few local pubs where it has done well. It is lager as would be drunk in the 16th and 17th centuries before carbonation and intense refrigeration were invented. I was going to carbonate it for the very reason of making it more popular and then we had a carbon dioxide crisis! Oh joy!Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59881086326348565252018-07-05T00:16:43.370+01:002018-07-05T00:16:43.370+01:00Thanks for the info - I would have been very surpr...Thanks for the info - I would have been very surprised if no-one had tried to make a lager along those lines!PetesQuizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620433090438752385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-19283571100704750482018-07-04T19:20:11.829+01:002018-07-04T19:20:11.829+01:00Someone has, and very refreshing it is, too. https...Someone has, and very refreshing it is, too. https://www.williamsbrosbrew.com/beer/caesar-augustusThe Maltese Penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13693275203620288419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-55648102887797993292018-07-04T08:43:47.739+01:002018-07-04T08:43:47.739+01:00Yes, I notice a lot of people who see themselves a...Yes, I notice a lot of people who see themselves as "more discerning" lager drinkers (ie San Miguel or Peroni rather than Fosters or Carling) switching to the mainstream keg IPAs/PAs (Camden, Brewdog), which have the qualities they associate with lager (light, cold, fizz) but also more flavour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-9210360975100759792018-07-04T00:58:17.011+01:002018-07-04T00:58:17.011+01:00What about Punk IPA? I might be in the wrong categ...What about Punk IPA? I might be in the wrong category but I know I'm in the same vein. Small beer, big taste, now popular, and probably disowned by the craft movement.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-25414616925384559572018-07-03T21:49:52.939+01:002018-07-03T21:49:52.939+01:00Yes, sometimes there's no point in making a sc...Yes, sometimes there's no point in making a scene just to achieve nothing.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-66145034391814337732018-07-03T21:13:04.208+01:002018-07-03T21:13:04.208+01:00Yes, I did consider taking it back and should have...Yes, I did consider taking it back and should have but I doubted if it would be changed for any better and being knackered with the heat just wanted a sit down for twenty minutes before walking home. The Stafford Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-58542629314291213992018-07-03T20:21:54.667+01:002018-07-03T20:21:54.667+01:00This seems to be the nearest but it's only 2.5...This seems to be the nearest but it's only 2.5%. Selling like hotcakes everywhere. https://www.lwc-drinks.co.uk/product-detail-page/?product=23052033-schofferhofer-grapefruit-cans-24-x-500mlelectricpicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144970068645280352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-81420739111563539742018-07-03T18:55:46.031+01:002018-07-03T18:55:46.031+01:00I know it's not always easy if the only proble...I know it's not always easy if the only problem with your beer is being too warm, but did you consider taking it back?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-68994565527964029512018-07-03T18:49:14.362+01:002018-07-03T18:49:14.362+01:00Yes, in the 1970s traditional real ale drinkers de...Yes, in the 1970s traditional real ale drinkers derided keg from ‘the Big Six’ National Brewers as “chemical fizz” but now it’s “the craft beer community” who condemn the Real Ales of ‘the New Nationals’ as "macro crap" while ignoring the best-selling blander lagers from the multinationals.<br />My pint of Doom Bar, the only cask on, at 3.30pm today in a nearby pub was at room temperature during a heat wave, very obviously the first pint of it to be served since yesterday. No surprise then that most were drinking Carling – and very much the same was happening during that ‘scorcher’ of a summer back in 1976. The Stafford Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-19360891192903356912018-07-03T17:30:23.689+01:002018-07-03T17:30:23.689+01:00Out on Sunday night for a few in Newcastle's O...Out on Sunday night for a few in Newcastle's Ouseburn. Cask in Tyne Bank Brewery is usually spot on but I like their tasty and consistent keg Helix lager so demolished a couple of them (30 miles cycle ride during the day so a bit of a thirst on). On to the Free Trade Inn where the cask can be a bit unreliable in warm weather so decided on the usually bitter keg unfined Dozoko Northern Helles. The keg needed changing but when they pulled it through, and this came as something of a surprise, it wasn't just a bit hazy, it had chunks in it. Apparently someone had kicked the keg not realising (unsurprisingly) that it had more sediment in than most cask beers. They're a micro brewer who probably aren't going to be selling out to Big Beer anytime soon but it highlights the vast gap between some craft lagers and mainstream lagers. The standby for me was the still flavoursome Allendale lager which is distinctive, but not so much that it would put off a Carling drinker.electricpicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144970068645280352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-3617245722163262722018-07-03T17:25:58.433+01:002018-07-03T17:25:58.433+01:00You seem to have summed up the problem very well. ...You seem to have summed up the problem very well. Many of the 'Craft' Lagers that I've tried suffer from too much taste for my liking, usually quite harsh.<br /><br />I'm surprised that no-one has tried to make a 'Citra' style lager so you can have lager and lime without needing the lime. That's the sort of style I'd be trying to produce - cool, slightly citrus and refreshing.PetesQuizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620433090438752385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-1602190429788835382018-07-03T16:42:33.819+01:002018-07-03T16:42:33.819+01:00People, insecure about their identity, are suckers...People, insecure about their identity, are suckers for The Vanity Of Small Differences. Have some understanding. They're often young. Not always though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-44458179059188395652018-07-03T15:47:06.144+01:002018-07-03T15:47:06.144+01:00Oh, I don't know, there's still plenty of ...Oh, I don't know, there's still plenty of talk of "macro crap" and the like bandied around on social media, and if anything the craft beer community are more culpable than the traditional real ale drinkers.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-67271102128916682462018-07-03T14:30:42.854+01:002018-07-03T14:30:42.854+01:00I can certainly recall the CAMRA types who would d...I can certainly recall the CAMRA types who would describe keg beers, not just lagers, as fizzy rubbish or some such similar term, but to be honest, I haven't heard such talk in a long while. While there's always someone who conforms to the stereotype and behaves in a boorish manner, I find that most CAMRA members do not. I think most of us have outgrown the gormless evangelism that inspired that famous Viz cartoon strip.RedNevhttps://rednev-rearm.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com