What was the Gaelic term for "Ale"??!
Also does anyone know what exactly are the differences between "Ale" and "Beer" and "Lager"??
Thanks for your answers!
Answers: I understand that "Ale" is a Norse word, so was wondering what the Gaelic word for this same thing is .
Also does anyone know what exactly are the differences between "Ale" and "Beer" and "Lager"??
Thanks for your answers!
léann
http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/di...
Ale/Lager/Beer basic definitions:
Beer - overall category of fermented malt beverages.
ale - Brewed using top fermenting yeast at warmer/room temperatures. Ales generally take less time to ferment do to the higher temps not slowing down the yeast. Ale has the most verities and styles. Most people assume Stouts are Lagers because seems thivk to them, however it is actually an ale.
Lager - Brewed using bottom fermenting yeast at lower/refrigerated temperatures. Generally take much longer to ferment. Thanks to the popularity of A+B, Miller, Hieniken and the like Lagers are the most common form of beer and the form most people are familar with.
Aile means "at home."
All beer can be classified as either a lager or an ale. The differences begin during the brewing process. Whether the beer is an ale or lager is defined by the type of yeast used in the brew and the temperature at which fermentation takes place. Ales are brewed with top-fermenting yeast which allows for rapid fermentation at warmer temperatures;
Lagers are brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast which ferments more slowly and at colder temperatures.
Lagers
- Lager means to store or put aside.
- This beer is made with bottom yeast, so-called because it flocculates to the bottom of the vat.
- Traditionally bottom yeast will ferment at cold temperatures less than 10 deg C. Now fermentation takes place at 12 to 18 deg C. This cold or deep fermentation allows the malt and hops to assert their fine flavours.
- Lager tends to be paler, drier and less alcoholic than ales.
- Pilsener or pils beer originated in Bohemia where brewers first found beer that was over-wintered or lagered improved if stored in cool caves and kept on ice.
- German lagers, including beers such as bock and marzen, are made according to the Bavarian Purity Laws of 1516 to ensure the beer is all-malt (no sugar) and hopped with bitter and aromatic varieties (noble hops).
- Some German-style beers are described as "helles" meaning pale or blonde. Pale beers grew in popularity following the adoption of the glass for drinking in the 19th Century.
Ales
- Ales are brewed with top-fermenting yeasts at temperatures from 15 to 25 deg C.
- Ales are matured for shorter periods and at warmer temperatures.
- Ales include a wide range of beer styles from porters and stouts (porter is a heavy beer of pronounced bitterness, reddish-brown to a very dark brown, but is usually lighter in body and malt character than stout) to pale ales and wheat beer.
- Generally, ales are higher in alcohol, more robust and complex than lagers.
CM is exactly correct in the definitions of Ale and Lager.
Here is a useful link for more particular style guidelines...
http://www.bjcp.org
Also, if I'm not mistaken, "Ale" is the English name, while the Norse name is "Ol" (the O should have a diagonal line through it, but I don't know how to create that character.)
Cheers!
(EDIT)
I altered this after His Honor's response below. Cheers, Mayor, for correcting the Gaelic term!
Aile is the Manx name for Ale.
Ale and lager are both beers. The difference is that ale is fermented relatively warm with a "top-fermenting" yeast and lager is is fermented relatively cold with a "bottom-fermenting" yeast.
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