Monteiths Black

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Permalink Reply by Dai on December 4, 2008 at 4:40pm

Yup, I think you can almost guarantee that if a mainstreamer does not say it is all malt, then sugar is added (am I being cynical here??). Still, Belgium monks have been adding sugar for centuries :)

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Permalink Reply by ryan on December 4, 2008 at 4:43pm

Pilsner is Sugar free isnt it?

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Permalink Reply by Horace on December 4, 2008 at 5:58pm

As far as I know at Speights the only beer not to have added sugar is the Pilsener

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Permalink Reply by Kempicus on December 4, 2008 at 5:58pm

Non of them are sugar free, Saw the same thing at Mac's brewery an enormous vat of sugar.....evr wonder why the mouthfeel of sassy red for example has gotten thinner....substitute sugar for malt and that's what you get.

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Permalink Reply by Kempicus on December 4, 2008 at 5:59pm

yep they do it to increase the amount of fermentable sugars to increase the gravity though, not to cheapen up recipes

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on December 4, 2008 at 4:46pm

I like it when breweries say their beers contain no sugars or preservatives. Just saw this at Galbraith's website :-P (nothing against them, I hear very good things).

Well the beers gonna be low in alcohol and have a very dry finish, unless maltose (and all the other sugars present in wort and beer) isn't actually a sugar. And I'm pretty sure one of them main reasons hops are added (besides, flavour/bitterness and aroma) are for their preservative effects.

Haha just makes me smile, guess they gotta appeal to the mass market that don't really know anything about beer.

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Permalink Reply by Soren on December 4, 2008 at 7:27pm

"Naturally" brewed with loads of "Naturally" chemicallly pure sugar... :) But, the greatest scam the big guys have put on the public is still consistingly making their beer 0.3% weaker ABV than they advertise on the can, because this is legal and they have the equipment to "blend" the beer to extremely acqurate strength. That way, a beer that is sold as 4% is actually only 3.7% and the excise tax is paid accordingly...

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Permalink Reply by Kempicus on December 4, 2008 at 7:31pm

Man that 'naturally' bullshit just makes me angry....how do you unnaturally brew something? Didn't Mac's used to have an 'all malt' tag line? i know they promote that with there homebrew kits but it's funny that what's good for the goose is not good for the gander....mmmm chelsea sugar gooooood

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on December 4, 2008 at 7:34pm

Malt flavour extract plus vodka? Haha some beers taste like that anyway.

It's like the 'there's 5000 chemicals in tobacco/cannabis/this-bad-thing', there's that many chemicals in a tomato or fucking potato. I love societies fear of chemicals.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on December 4, 2008 at 8:31pm

I have a summer ale to my mouth as I read this, 5/5 for attempt, drain pour for the rest.
Its like a Ginger beer infused with a touch of beer and with a spalsh of lemonade on top.

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on December 5, 2008 at 3:44pm

Fuck what about radler, I'm surprised they even get away calling that beer. It's just sprite FFS.

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Permalink Reply by Kempicus on December 9, 2008 at 12:39pm

Speaking of 5.2% alc, I've just seen at the Mill they have a dozen flame beers for $9.99....BARGAIN! Although i'm not sure how they'll age....i've heard that they're Neil Miller's favourite beer....

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