On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:58:08 -0700 (PDT), MikeMcG
<mikemcg6363@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Funnily enough, (given the trigger of this little spat) I once read a
>letter from Whitbread (once the UK distributors for Hoegaarden)
>responding to a landlord/CAMRA query asking was the beer real ale.
>
>The letter confirmed that the beer was fermented with an ale yeast,
>that there was live yeast & a 2ndary fermentation occurring in the keg
>(though obviously dispense wasn't exactly "CAMRA kosher").
>
>That said, the Amsterdam beer might even be properly considered "real
>ale", if the serving tanks are lined with plastic bags & dispense is
>aided by air pressure, if the beer is unfiltered, unpasteurised, with
>some carbonation gain in the serving tank + no extraneous gases coming
>into contact with the beer AFAICS, it all adds up to just about real
>ale!
>
>In the recent-ish past these type of serving tanks have turned up in
>the UK - at CentreParcs in the 1990s (serving Foster's or something
>similar) & AFAIK all of the ZeroDegrees brewpub/restaurants have them,
>but happily serving unfiltered, unpasteurised, naturally carbonated
>beers.
If I've understood the description, Fullers used something similar in
the 70s. That was for bright beer, though.
--
Ian D
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