What's your favorite beer?

Originally Posted by Weisse Luft

Technically speaking, any fermented beverage made from any malted grain and using either saccaromyces cervisiae or s. uvarium as the yeast is a beer.

The beer commonly found in stores is typically fermented with the latter, sometimes called s. carlsburggenesis. This yeast produces a lager, so named because it must be stored or aged cold to drop the yeast out of suspension. It also ferments at cooler temperatures.

Homebrews can be much closer to traditional beers because the malt is usually from one type of grain. A single malt in other words. Most commercial beer uses a different type of barley which allows use of cheaper grains due to higher enzyme levels in this six row barley. Traditional malts are made from two row and have only enough enzymes to convert the starchy endosperm into a fermentable mix of sugars.

Yes, one can brew lagers at home. A spare refrigerator, set up for higher temperatures (50 F), are commonly used to keep the brewing process at the right temperature.

I brew my own from scratch. Well, I buy malted barley for $28 per hundred pounds. That makes about 40 gallons. Total cost with hops and yeast is still under $1 per gallon and its far better than what you can buy in the store.

My favorite is a coffee stout which I developed long before Drew Carey and Buzz beer. I crystalize a portion of the malt with cracked coffee beans...

Originally Posted by Weisse Luft

Technically speaking, any fermented beverage made from any malted grain and using either saccaromyces cervisiae or s. uvarium as the yeast is a beer.

The beer commonly found in stores is typically fermented with the latter, sometimes called s. carlsburggenesis. This yeast produces a lager, so named because it must be stored or aged cold to drop the yeast out of suspension. It also ferments at cooler temperatures.

Homebrews can be much closer to traditional beers because the malt is usually from one type of grain. A single malt in other words. Most commercial beer uses a different type of barley which allows use of cheaper grains due to higher enzyme levels in this six row barley. Traditional malts are made from two row and have only enough enzymes to convert the starchy endosperm into a fermentable mix of sugars.

Yes, one can brew lagers at home. A spare refrigerator, set up for higher temperatures (50 F), are commonly used to keep the brewing process at the right temperature.

I brew my own from scratch. Well, I buy malted barley for $28 per hundred pounds. That makes about 40 gallons. Total cost with hops and yeast is still under $1 per gallon and its far better than what you can buy in the store.

My favorite is a coffee stout which I developed long before Drew Carey and Buzz beer. I crystalize a portion of the malt with cracked coffee beans...

Originally Posted by Azulene

A new German beer claims to be an anti-aging tonic.
Klosterbraueri Neuzelle, a former monastery brewery in Neuzelle, Germany, says it has developed a beer named Bathbeer that is designed to slow the aging process. The beverage contains vitamins, minerals and an algae called spirulina.
The beer, which is expected to be introduced this week, claims to provide rejuvenation through either drinking or dabbing on the skin. In addition to Germany, it will be released in the United States, Poland and South Korea.
The drink, like any other alcoholic beverage, can cause intoxication and, of course, hangovers. "Please be advised, that our anti aging beer contains alcohol, 4.8 percent," the label says.
Interestingly, one problem with the beer is that its manufacture might not be legal under Germany's beer purity regulation. The Reinheitsgebot, as it is called, is the world's oldest valid law, dating from 1516. It requires that beer contain only four ingredients: hops, barley, yeast and water.
The matter is expected to be taken up in court soon, and the brewery could be required to label the product something other than beer.
As for whether or not it really does work as any anti-aging tonic, if the brew doesn't do anything when you dab it on your skin, you can always go the traditional route and use it to drown your sorrows.

I wounder if it will make us a better Cyclist?

Originally Posted by eric_the_red

A few beers always makes me smarter , as for a better cyclist, more testing is needed.

Originally Posted by eric_the_red

Mostly drink my homebrew, because most of the beer sold in this part of the world isn't worth drinking, and the few that are are not cheap. But I was back in the UK last month and had a few pints of Timothy Taylor's Landlord, very nice, makes my mouth water just writing about it.

Originally Posted by Azulene

A new German beer claims to be an anti-aging tonic.
Klosterbraueri Neuzelle, a former monastery brewery in Neuzelle, Germany, says it has developed a beer named Bathbeer that is designed to slow the aging process. The beverage contains vitamins, minerals and an algae called spirulina.
The beer, which is expected to be introduced this week, claims to provide rejuvenation through either drinking or dabbing on the skin. In addition to Germany, it will be released in the United States, Poland and South Korea.
The drink, like any other alcoholic beverage, can cause intoxication and, of course, hangovers. "Please be advised, that our anti aging beer contains alcohol, 4.8 percent," the label says.
Interestingly, one problem with the beer is that its manufacture might not be legal under Germany's beer purity regulation. The Reinheitsgebot, as it is called, is the world's oldest valid law, dating from 1516. It requires that beer contain only four ingredients: hops, barley, yeast and water.
The matter is expected to be taken up in court soon, and the brewery could be required to label the product something other than beer.
As for whether or not it really does work as any anti-aging tonic, if the brew doesn't do anything when you dab it on your skin, you can always go the traditional route and use it to drown your sorrows.

I wounder if it will make us a better Cyclist? At my age I will need to buy it by the keg.

Originally Posted by jhuskey

[QUOTE=limerickman]Guinness - numero uno.

Lim, I would have won that bet if I had made it. As far as your favorite that is.

Originally Posted by limerickman

Guinness - numero uno.

Like beers from around the world though :

Canada - Moosehead.
Scotland - Tennants.
England - had a relative that owned a pub in Kent years ago, they used to stock an ale called Watneys, very nice it was too.
Holland - Heineken.
Belgium - Stella Artois.
France - a beer called Kanter (drank some after the 2004 Etape - very nice it was too).
USA - Michelob.
Itala - Peroni
Espana - didn't drink beer in Spain but had a nice white win in the Navarre region from a vineyard called Martin Kodax (very nice it was too).

Originally Posted by Weisse Luft

Technically speaking, any fermented beverage made from any malted grain and using either saccaromyces cervisiae or s. uvarium as the yeast is a beer.

The beer commonly found in stores is typically fermented with the latter, sometimes called s. carlsburggenesis. This yeast produces a lager, so named because it must be stored or aged cold to drop the yeast out of suspension. It also ferments at cooler temperatures.

Homebrews can be much closer to traditional beers because the malt is usually from one type of grain. A single malt in other words. Most commercial beer uses a different type of barley which allows use of cheaper grains due to higher enzyme levels in this six row barley. Traditional malts are made from two row and have only enough enzymes to convert the starchy endosperm into a fermentable mix of sugars.

Yes, one can brew lagers at home. A spare refrigerator, set up for higher temperatures (50 F), are commonly used to keep the brewing process at the right temperature.

I brew my own from scratch. Well, I buy malted barley for $28 per hundred pounds. That makes about 40 gallons. Total cost with hops and yeast is still under $1 per gallon and its far better than what you can buy in the store.

My favorite is a coffee stout which I developed long before Drew Carey and Buzz beer. I crystalize a portion of the malt with cracked coffee beans...

Originally Posted by limerickman

1759 they started brewing Guinness, in my home town of Dublin.
They still do make Guinness there, but most of the stuff consumed these days
is manufactured elsewhere (Britain and Nigeria).
Guinness is owned by Diageo (a British multinational) - the connections with Ireland are almost gone now.

Originally Posted by FredC

Best Pint of Guinessshhhh, anuzzer pleesh. The Oirish clubs in Manchester, and the Showbands. The 'Crown' in Belfast.
Kent had some good local beers. Grotneys wasn't one of them.
Belgium make the best beers.
Spain. Estrella Dorada.
France and the rest. Can't beat Leffe on draught(pression)
The Bavarians make nice stuff, but they drink it all.
I wasn't allowed to imbibe in the Devils potions, so I shot the messager in the covered wagon.