All Beer Is Ale or Lager - CHOW.com

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Civilization of Beer's Samuel Merritt discusses the two styles of beer, ale and lager. The upshot is that it's all in the yeast.

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[fooyockasha]

mexican piss water

[Shuhnyxia]

lager, if i am not mistaking

[MajaF93]

'Fruity'... Huh..

[CrainerEU]

It's funny that 3 of the six beers are produced in my country :D

[whowantsabighug]

What about..... LALE!?

[HMMW1]

'...fruity'. nuff said.

[elektronikc]

@Quickgold1 oh...

[Quickgold1]

@elektronikc stouts are a type of ale

[elektronikc]

what about stouts?

[thunderheart226]

@wmg111 yea american craft beer became popular in the 80s and now its big u can get good american beer at any bar. stone, sierra nevada,brooklyn lagers,magic hat, dogfish head are all in any local grocery.

[wmg111]

@1978atcarroll I was perhaps unfair in my assessment of American beer. I'm sure there are some excellent American beers, but they are not widely distributed. All I see is Bud, Papst, and Coors. When I worked in a bar near the border during my university days (the 1970's) we had a stream of Americans who came across the border just for the beer. They all said we were boring, but our beer was superior. I figured a back handed compliment was still a compliment. Hey, I'm Canadian. It's how we roll.