Beer Appellations?

Well, not sure if this is what you're looking for, but, since Anchor has a copyright on the word, no other brewery can make a "Steam" beer. They must brew a 'California Common".

 

Kölsch.

 

Trappist versus abbey beer. Dusseldorf Altbier (I think)

 

The US TTB has a number of restrictions on using beer styles ("types" in their jargon) based on geographic origins.

 

The best newly acknowledged appellation of American beer could well be Gibbs 100 GPA (Greensboro Pale Ale) Blind Man's Holiday. I had a GPA (Greensboro Pale Ale) this afternoon at the brewery in a nice British-like mug and loved it! Looking very unfiltered and inviting, I drank this one down and know this is what fresh beer really should be. Just like the very best local English brews I've had on my travels through the years. Great job!

 

Newcastle Brown Ale

 

I am not aware of any for Altbier.

 

Kolsch is the only one I am aware of, but even that is only enforceable inside Germany; it is not an EU-wide enforceable designation like Champagne, Feta cheese, Melton Mowbray pork pie. Fair dues to Thornbridge for calling theirs a 'Cologne-style ale' and not a kolsch.

 

Maybe you can't call it a Dusseldorf Altbier unless it's actually from Dusseldorf. I've heard something similar to that.

 

For the folks of the Czech Republic the term “Pilsner” can only be used for beers brewed in the city of Pilsen; so only Pilsner Urquell can be labeled as being a Pilsner beer. In the rest of the Czech Republic a Pilsner is called a Svetly Lezak which translates to Pale Lager.

Cheers!

 

If you check out the Wikipedia entry (see "Outside Germany"), it states that Kölsch is a "protected geographical indication" throughout the EU. American brewers don't seem to have any problem ignoring this, though.

 

@jesskidden ^^^ is always a wealth of information. Homeboy is just a keypad click away from imparting relevance to every topic on BA. And it's much appreciated.

 

As a thirty-something white graduate professional, I love to be proved wrong . When you click to the EC reference, the only other EU protected appellation for beer is Ries weizenbier, which I must admit, I have never heard of, despite being a big weissebier fan.

 

The United States is not part of the EU.

Cheers!

 

Nor can we seem to make a decent Koelsch.

 

But we (Americans) seem to "respect" appellations of the wine world...

PS - I double-checked my map to confirm you were correct before responding.

 

I am an American and I make a Kolsch that is more than decent.

 

I know. I gave you recipe tips.