Session time

My favorite local session beer is Odell 90 Schilling! Love that shit, can drink it all day. It's 5.3%, so according to the experts on BA, not considered a 'session' beer! Damn!

 

Thanks for clarifying things

 

Ayinger Brauweiss. I know it is just above the 5% threshold at 5.1, but it is close enough to count.

 

So it only counts if you have two five-pint sessions in the same day?

I'm making my way through http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/ like a book, and I'm sure he's got the BDA linked in there somewhere - but if someone's got it handy I'd like to see it.

Thanks

 

NG Spotted Cow (ABV 4.8%)
Bell's Oberon (a little over at 5.8%)
Half Acre Daisy Cutter (also over at 5.2%)

 

Jabby Brau, Dreamweaver, Boston Lager, Sucaba

 

The author of that site has been active in this thread...http://beeradvocate.com/community/members/patto1ro.5986/

 

That depends on body weight...I drank 3 in a row not much of a buzz for me....lol.
I feel many brits going nuts about now.

 

Yeah, I know it's him. From that homebrewing thread where we were having a similar discussion. I'm anxiously awaiting the opportunity to buy his new book, too.

 

You are making the mistake of assuming that lower gravity beers are somehow less rewarding. There are some utterly superb beers of this strength which make you wonder just how the tastes are screwed out of such gravity.And as your session progresses it gets better. These beers are of course horses for courses , they aren't intended to blow you away but give pleasure for hours on end.
The origins of such beers lie with WW1. Before the War we imported much of our barley and these imports dried up so brewers had to either brew less or brew weaker.They found ways of making them acceptable and even after hostilities strengths barely moved. Another factor was massively increased taxation - it had been an expensive war and also there were millions of widows and disability pensions to fund.There didn't seem to be any great pressure though to return to pre war strengths.

 

Widmer Columbia Common - very balanced and surprisingly flavorful at 4.7 abv

 

The changes that took place with the wartime government ales...

 

We seem to have plenty of experts in here on 'session' beers. So is a Berliner Weissbier considered a session beer if it lands in this ABV range, which most do? I always kind of considered 'session' beers to be a certain style of beer with English malts and hops, etc?

 

Really? I was pretty underwhelmed.

 

Certainly no expert here, but in American considering anything below 5% (actually I prefer 4.5%) to be a session beer and the fact that we take our style from all of Europe, I would say that is a session beer. But, the term is an English term, so it often refers to English beers.

 

How often do you go beyond 3-4 6% beers?

 

The original 1912 Act specified no more than 20 minutes per pint, but later legislation extended that to 25 and then 30 minutes. Purists still insist on the original 20 minute stipulation.

 

1) Thank you.
2) Your blog has made my work days significantly less productive.
3) When is your latest book supposed to be available? I know it's up for preorder now.

 

I don't 'distinguish', when I drink every experience is different. Doesn't always matter whether the beer I'm drinking is 4.7% or 5.7%. Other factors that influence the way I drink might be: am I eating a meal or other food while drinking, have I worked all day, did I run 10 miles this morning, how hydrated I am, how much sleep I got. Some days 3 beers feel different to me then other days. It's called moderation and knowing my body. I don't have to read labels and make sure the beer isn't over 4.5. I drink what sounds good to me at the time. If I go camping during the summer, I drink plenty of water and really slow my drinking so I can last longer (just an example). I'm 41 years old so a 6% beer typically wont affect me. I'm pretty good for averaging about a beer per hour. Again I just don't think the word 'session' mean a lot anymore. Personally in my mind a session beer is under 6%, but that's just my own personal definition. I can drink 3-4 and feel fine (this may be in a 2-4 hour period as well).