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What is a lager top?
- Thread starter Ernest
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Trufflehound
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Corrected for accuracy. It's ony the big corporate bullies you need to hate.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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pray how is lager manufactured other than the method of brewing?
- Aug 7, 2003
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The contents of Ernest's drinks cabinet
In fairness that looks suspiciously like the content of your drinks cabinet! I know, they're the wife's!
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
It's not a question of lager vs ale. It's a question of mega-scale vs small-scale, and most of the mega-scale beer makers happen to be lagers.
The basic chemistry is the same (yeast + sugar = alcohol), but the method of getting there is different. No one at Heineken for example is standing over a mash tun chucking in sacks of grain and stirring, despite what the glossy ads might imply. The entire process is continuous and automated. What the big boys invest their time and effort into (on the manufacturing side) is analysing the chemistry of every bach of grain etc that arrives at the site, as this does vary with the weather (the one thing they can't control). Then they can tweak the amounts input to the production lines very slightly as they go to ensure that the beer tastes exactly the same day-in day-out, i.e. something that is technically sound, but a bit dull. Then they spend billions on advertising to convince everybody it's brilliant.
I've been round Heineken's site at Zoeterwoude in the Netherlands - Western Europe's largest brewery - a couple of times. It covers 30 hectares (60 football pitches in popular parlance), but the only people working on the brewery floor are a handful of folks employed to keep an eye on the production lines and make sure nothing goes wrong. It's very hard to look at the process and not see it as "manufacturing".
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thedevonseagull
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FYI, Real men drink cloudy scrumpy.
Bob'n'weave
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In the same league as adding cola/lemonade to a fine malt whisky IMHO.
Not sure about the poof thing. If you stood next to me at my local and ordered a "cheeky Chardonnay spritzer with a Chai Latte chaser" then yes, I would be wondering what team you batted for, but a lager top would suggest to me pre-pubescent 'creche drinking' syndrome or just a complete disregard for a decent pint.
Not sure about the poof thing. If you stood next to me at my local and ordered a "cheeky Chardonnay spritzer with a Chai Latte chaser" then yes, I would be wondering what team you batted for, but a lager top would suggest to me pre-pubescent 'creche drinking' syndrome or just a complete disregard for a decent pint.
Sussex Nomad
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You all know you want to...
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Lager top if you were driving back in the day...
Baker lite
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I often enjoy a lager shandy and I've never indulged in poovery.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Have to admit to never having actually heard the phrase 'Lager Top'. Maybe I've just been lucky. Have only ever heard 'Carling Top'. Which may well be far worse, and probably is.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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some lemonade can only improve Carling.
That's what happens when you only employ people who failed the Poundland aptitude test!
What about mutual mast**bation?
