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(Photo courtesy Genesee Brewery) Select a type of beer and think about which one started or revived a tradition—Pilsner Urquell,
Cream ale is a North American specialty that is somewhat of a hybrid in style. Despite the name, many brewers use both ale and lager yeasts for fermentation, or more often, just lager yeasts. This style of beer is fermented like an ale at warm temperatures, but then stored at cold temperatures for a period of time, much as a lager would be. The resultant brew has the unchallenging crisp characteristics of a light pale lager, but is endowed with a hint of the aromatic complexities that ales provide.
Each year, the first round of the World Beer Championships is reserved for British and North American ale styles. Following
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Cream ale is a North American specialty that is somewhat of a hybrid in style. Despite the name, many brewers use both ale and lager yeasts for fermentation, or more often, just lager yeasts. This style of beer is fermented like an ale at warm temperatures, but then stored at cold temperatures for a period of time, much as a lager would be. The resultant brew has the unchallenging crisp characteristics of a light pale lager, but is endowed with a hint of the aromatic complexities that ales provide. Pale in color, they are generally more heavily carbonated and more heavily hopped than light lagers.
WHEAT (UNMALTED) Contribution: vibrant wheat flavor; improved head/foam retention Styles: traditional in witbiers and lambics Examples: 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze,
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