Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| It has been a couple years since I passed through Cologne–and probably that long since I blogged about the city’s signature style. Yesterday, I encountered something that made me think it was time to revisit these light, crisp pale quintessentially summery beers. As easy as they seem to understand, it turns out there’s still confusion about kolsches:
Did you spot the problem? Germany and Bavaria are not synonymous (this confuses the history of Bavaria’s ancient Reinheitsgetbot, too); Cologne is nowhere near Bavaria.
But there is another issue, more subtle, more confusing. Is it an ale or lager? When I tweeted out that menu picture last night, a number of people said it was not just a mistake to call kolsches Bavarian, but to describe them as ales, too. They’re sort of right–but that doesn’t make them lagers, either. As with so many things German, the categories have been sliced more precisely:
This middle-space, Obergäriges Lagerbier, indicates a top-fermented beer that has been lag
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Source: Beervana
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