English Pale ale

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Message cgarvieuk P beers 37625 º places 457 º 12:11 Sat 11/4/2017 Originally posted by harrisoni Originally posted by chriso I think moving to a single Pale Ale style would go a long way to addressing these issues. I knew if I kept at it I'd convince you that all beers are pale ales....... Only joking. :-)
Message BVery beers 13631 º places 750 º 12:13 Sat 11/4/2017 I like the use of the EPA style indicator. It's the equivalent for me of a Mr. Yuck sticker, comes in quite handy.
Message slowrunner77 beers 19964 º places 499 º 12:27 Sat 11/4/2017 LOL Originally posted by BVery I like the use of the EPA style indicator. It's the equivalent for me of a Mr. Yuck sticker, comes in quite handy.

Message danlo P beers 11298 º places 300 º 15:46 Sat 11/4/2017 Originally posted by harrisoni IPA is also a catch all style that works. Doesn't matter the country, the hops. The same could be done for Pale Ales. Apart from English IPA which are classed as Premium bitter/ESB on ratebeer, which is a trademark infringement in the UK apparently
Message LazyPyro beers 8175 º places 63 º 16:58 Sat 11/4/2017 Can't we just use a hierarchy of styles to avoid all these kinds of arguments? The main style would just be a broad catch-all type thing, with an optional substyle (always used where possible) Example: Lager -- Pale -- India Style India Pale Ale -- American -- Belgian -- English -- New England -- International (catch-all for Aus/NZ/SA hopped ones and others) -- Imperial/Double Stout -- Sweet/Milk -- Imperial Pale Ale -- American -- English -- International Belgian Ale ...... and so on. I won't bother listing every single style but you get the idea.
Message ebone1988 beers 2504 º places 24 º 17:06 Sat 11/4/2017 In the hierarchy of styles, you'd only have Lager, Ale, and Lambic. All beers are variations of that.
Message BlackHaddock P beers 15466 º places 1056 º 17:23 Sat 11/4/2017 This post is not going to help 'the outcome' if in fact there is one. When I first started drinking (Fakenham, Norfolk; 1969) as an under age 17 year old (don't ask what I was doing out in rural Norfolk), all my mates and I would order a half-pint of draught Bitter and a bottle of Pale Ale. The reason being we got more than half a pint of draught in the glass and we thought we were being clever. I honestly don't think the bottle of Pale Ale tasted anything like the cask draught we poured it into, even though the brewery must have been the same. <*))))))><

Message harrisoni P beers 25366 º places 68 º 18:23 Sat 11/4/2017 Originally posted by ebone1988 In the hierarchy of styles, you'd only have Lager, Ale, an5d Lambic. All beers are variations of that. So in fact the yeast is the deciding factor? Interesting and you aren't the only one with a similar opinion. Oh and there arent 76 styles of beer. No matter what RB says I once promised never to contribute to a beer style subject forum thread again but i just cant help myself.
Message harrisoni P beers 25366 º places 68 º 18:25 Sat 11/4/2017 Originally posted by danlo Originally posted by harrisoni IPA is also a catch all style that works. Doesn't matter the country, the hops. The same could be done for Pale Ales. Apart from English IPA which are classed as Premium bitter/ESB on ratebeer, which is a trademark infringement in the UK apparently Oooh interesting. How would you describe or identify an English IPA?
Message ebone1988 beers 2504 º places 24 º 19:07 Sat 11/4/2017 Originally posted by harrisoni Originally posted by ebone1988 In the hierarchy of styles, you'd only have Lager, Ale, and Lambic. All beers are variations of that. So in fact the yeast is the deciding factor? Interesting and you aren't the only one with a similar opinion. Oh and there arent 76 styles of beer. No matter what RB says I once promised never to contribute to a beer style subject forum thread again but i just cant help myself. I mean one is top-fermented, one is bottom fermented, and one is open-fermented. I agree with classifying the different styles, some seem ambiguous.