Poll: Ale or Lager?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Greywulfken, Jun 16, 2015.

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Ale or Lager?

  1. Ale

    458 vote(s)
    84.8%

  2. Lager

    82 vote(s)
    15.2%
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  1. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Neither! Just having a good time - also, idly wondering why we (craft people) love ales so much more than lagers, while the BMC brewers have the greater majority of Americans (at least) loving lagers...
     
    #41 Greywulfken, Jun 16, 2015
  2. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Aaargh! More elusive semantics! :stuck_out_tongue:

    See, now, that's just deliberate... :slight_frown:
     
    #42 Greywulfken, Jun 16, 2015
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  3. nicholas2121

    nicholas2121 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,199) Sep 29, 2008 Ohio
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    LAGER
    but I will take an ALE
     
    #43 nicholas2121, Jun 16, 2015
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  4. johnInLA

    johnInLA Pooh-Bah (2,350) Jun 12, 2005 California
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    Why would a "Beer" Advocate not say both?
     
    #44 johnInLA, Jun 16, 2015
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  5. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    *shakes @john0721 by the shoulders*

    Dammit, man, you're ruining everything!
     
    #45 Greywulfken, Jun 16, 2015
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  6. joelwlcx

    joelwlcx Initiate (0) Apr 23, 2007 Minnesota

    Because pale, fizzy, cold, lager beer is pretty much more enjoyable to the general population than anything else. Beer is a drink, not a Monet.
     
    #46 joelwlcx, Jun 16, 2015
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  7. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Contrarianism. The proof is all around.
     
    #47 zid, Jun 16, 2015
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  8. joelwlcx

    joelwlcx Initiate (0) Apr 23, 2007 Minnesota

    I do not understand this conjecture.
     
    #48 joelwlcx, Jun 16, 2015
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  9. bleakies

    bleakies Maven (1,355) Apr 11, 2011 Massachusetts

    Getting up on its feet, craft brewing in these United States seems to have drawn heavily on British styles. Mostly ales. Love 'em.

    I've been drinking more lagers in the past five or six years because more American brewers have been putting out good lagers in the past five or six years. Give me another few years to see how things sort out before asking me for an ale v. lager commitment.
     
    #49 bleakies, Jun 16, 2015
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  10. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    As much as I love pilsners and Vienna lagers, ales all the way. IPAs are by far my favorite style, followed by stouts.
     
    #50 HorseheadsHophead, Jun 16, 2015
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  11. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Both.
     
    #51 UCLABrewN84, Jun 16, 2015
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  12. BeerBob

    BeerBob Initiate (0) May 30, 2002 Nebraska

    I second the motion!

    "Beer is for the masses, more beer = more mass"
    -BeerBob
     
    #52 BeerBob, Jun 16, 2015
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  13. DabblinWiscCraft

    DabblinWiscCraft Savant (1,044) Jul 5, 2011 Wisconsin

    Man, this one was tough. There's hardly anything on the planet that tops a good Marzen/Oktoberfest, but my American pale ales and all those great Belgians...
     
    #53 DabblinWiscCraft, Jun 16, 2015
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  14. Bearded_beer_guy_

    Bearded_beer_guy_ Initiate (0) May 16, 2015 Australia

    I do love a good lager but I really really love an ale.
     
    #54 Bearded_beer_guy_, Jun 16, 2015
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  15. Bearded_beer_guy_

    Bearded_beer_guy_ Initiate (0) May 16, 2015 Australia

    The true question is "ive got ale or lager. which do you want" my answer is "start with the lager and finish on the good stuff"
     
    #55 Bearded_beer_guy_, Jun 16, 2015
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  16. Bearded_beer_guy_

    Bearded_beer_guy_ Initiate (0) May 16, 2015 Australia

    Heres a tricky one. sex or pizza?
     
    #56 Bearded_beer_guy_, Jun 16, 2015
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  17. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    *slow clap*
     
    #57 hopnado, Jun 16, 2015
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  18. joelwlcx

    joelwlcx Initiate (0) Apr 23, 2007 Minnesota

    both
     
    #58 joelwlcx, Jun 16, 2015
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  19. JackRWatkins

    JackRWatkins Maven (1,472) Nov 3, 2014 Georgia
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    think it takes more skill to brew a lager that is almost as good as a given ale if we're talking rheinsgabot bot i'd still rather have an ale
     
    #59 JackRWatkins, Jun 16, 2015
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  20. Lurchus

    Lurchus Zealot (733) Jan 19, 2014 Germany

    Hefeweizen.
     
    #60 Lurchus, Jun 16, 2015
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