The results of my end-of-year poll are in. And the surprising news is, 17% of you are idiots. Another 17% are twats.
Here are the full results to the question 'Should German top-fermenting beers be called "Ales"?'
No, it's confusing and insulting 50%
Yes, I'm a brainwashed idiot 17%
Perhaps. I'm an indecisive twat 17%
What's top-fermenting? 15%
Being positive, half of you aren't either idiots, twats or just generally ignorant. A victory for common sense, I'd call it.
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Make that 18% idiots. Although Horst Dornbusch probably doesn't read this blog, he certainly qualifies as a "brainwashed idiot." As a German himself, you'd think he'd know better, but, no, he writes "One of only a handful of traditional German ales, Altbier ..." (http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/altbier.html).
I simply couldn't vote.
As a brainwashed twat who knows what top fermenting is, I was only left with the first option which I strongly disagreed with.
Arse!
Dornbusch's book on Altbier is priceless. I think the word ale is used 15 times per page on average. I love this one:
"In Schumacher's innovations lies the roots of the modern altbier style: a robust, coppery, slow fermented, lagered ale."
A lagered ale!! Hahahahahahaha!!!
You needed a "this whole hair-splitting argument is silly" option.
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