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Eighteen and on WG :o Most of the forum members children are older than 18.Glad to see it. I was a little concerned about our eventual extinction. 8)
Most overlooked Beer and only available in certain regions of the US. No it is not an Asian Beer Originally from the oldest brewery in the US, Pottstown PA. They are expanding and thankfully for me took over the old Schlitz brewery in Tampa and business is good they are expanding that site. My everyday beer is the Black and TanGood quality American beer at piss water prices. Even the Light is pretty darn good.
BTW, how do you pronounce Smithwicks?
if they're selling Marzen in October they've got it wrong. Marzen means March. it's brewed for spring planting season using last summer's wheat and hops.
Before refrigeration, it was nearly impossible to brew beer in the summer due to the hot weather and bacterial infections. Brewing ended with the coming of spring, and began again in the fall. Most were brewed in March (Märzen). These brews were kept in cold storage over the spring and summer months, or brewed at a higher gravity, so they’d keep. Märzenbier is full-bodied, rich, toasty, typically dark copper in color with a medium to high alcohol content.
Not quite right. From the Middle Ages, Marzen was brewed in late winter, ending in March, then stored in cool cellars for drinking during planting and cultivating; the last kegs were drunk at harvest time, then recycled for the coming winter's brew. The very first "official" Oktoberfest was in 1810, so Marzen was a spring-and-summer drink for at least 500 years before Bavarians thought to lay in large commercial quantities for fall. Today's commercial recipe was launched by Spaten in 1841. See: http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/Oktoberfestbier.html
A guy that should know says Smid icks, all one word. <shrug>
Not disputing that in any way, but that doesn't change the fact that Marzen is considered to be the style of beer that characterizes Oktoberfest and is the style most brewers use when referring to fest beers. As such they've done nothing wrong as you assert in your original post (and ironically prove with the link in your second post) as it is now normally marketed generally in fall (Sept/ Oct) and associated with Oktoberfest. Though I'll happily drink it all year round as it is one of my favorite styles (along with Pilsners, Dunkel Lagers, Maibocks, Porters, and Stouts)
Not sure what Dink thought of the US but he sure hated the "beer". Fortunately, we have much better choices today.
I agree that today the US has one of the best beer selections of any country. But in 1965, although I didn't drink yet, I know it was pathetic. The US suffered greatly from prohibition, and literally hundreds of breweries went out of business. US beers were terrible post prohibition up until the 1980's when the first microbreweries, like Anchor in San Francisco started to make something decent.
