Stella

[RichardM]

Re: Stella

Absolutely. Always try and suppport local independents.

I've always bought Tiny Rebel, Pipes and Glamorgan, Felinfoel etc.

In fact I've just picked a big delivery of Tiny Rebel which is always fantastic

Have you tried any thing from these guys https://www.flowerhorn.co.uk/ ?

[WJ99mobile]

Re: Stella

Have you tried any thing from these guys https://www.flowerhorn.co.uk/ ?

No it's next on my list but I've heard good things

[xsnaggle]

Re: Stella

You mean hops, they are preservatives.

I don't know but back in the 1800s they used to struggle to keep the beer good until it arrived in India, so they did 'something' to it. Hence the name India pale ale to tell people it was different. Not sure it is any more.

[RichardM]

Re: Stella

I don't know but back in the 1800s they used to struggle to keep the beer good until it arrived in India, so they did 'something' to it. Hence the name India pale ale to tell people it was different. Not sure it is any more.

They made it stronger than beer brewed for consumption in the UK. Stronger beers take longer to mature and reach their best. I've just brewed a Barley Wine that will come out about 10% ABV, it should be ready to drink at Christmas. I didn't have to add anything or do anything different to other beers other than use more malt than for the 4 to 5% beers that I usually brew.

[StraightOuttaCanton]

Re: Stella

Why don't you give a 'shout-out' to the name of your craft brewery?

It’s in Toronto’s east end...I figured that it might be difficult for most on here to drop in for a pint. It’s only small... a brew pub with 80 seats and the brewery in the back... I’ve only got a small stake in it ca. 8% but I’ve worked in the alcohol industry all my life so when I got the chance it was a way for me to carry or vicariously living the dream through others..

If anyone is ever in Toronto then PM me I’ll share more detail

[Optimistic Nick]

Re: Stella

It's not what the Germans do to it, more what they don't do to it. Drink draught Berliner Kindl or Dortmunder Tier for a session and you'll never want british lager ever again.

But that's the point: I always assumed that stella, carling and the rest were somehow brewed differently to german beers. I'd assumed that the Reinheitsgebot indicated that other beers did have ingredients other than the basic 3. But as we've learned here - they don't. Clearly taste is a mattter of preference rather than fact, but I would drink any German lager over anything else (although I am not a fan of Kindl) and I am sure there must be a fundamental difference between German beer on the one hand and stuff like Carling, Stella or Fosters on the other. But it doesn't look like it is the names of the ingredients - the quality of the ingredients and the process from there on maybe, but not the ingredients themselves.

Interesting thread - it's made me want a beer for the first time in about 15 months!