Commercial American Lagers vs. Ales
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SumnerH
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Pete's Wicked Ale is an ale (english brown ale).
Lagers are easy drinking and have been highly marketed in the US. After prohibition killed most breweries, consolidation led to Bud/Miller/Coors dominating the market place, and it's only since about 1980 that there's been an expansion of craft breweries. Those tend to be fairly split--Sam Adams' biggest product is their Boston Lager, but Sierra Nevada's is their Pale Ale.
Lagers are easy drinking and have been highly marketed in the US. After prohibition killed most breweries, consolidation led to Bud/Miller/Coors dominating the market place, and it's only since about 1980 that there's been an expansion of craft breweries. Those tend to be fairly split--Sam Adams' biggest product is their Boston Lager, but Sierra Nevada's is their Pale Ale.
Oh, I was looking at the Strawberry Blonde, that's a lager.
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Most of the major US breweries were founded by German immigrants. There are very few German ales, so it's not surprising that they brewed lagers.
Lagers dominate the marketplace in most countries.
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Here's a good read on the subject. Also think that after prohibition while a lot of men were at war and the big breweries were trying to get going again that it was the women who were mostly home to drink it and how many of them do you know that really like a nice IPA?
Here's a good read on the subject. Also think that after prohibition while a lot of men were at war and the big breweries were trying to get going again that it was the women who were mostly home to drink it and how many of them do you know that really like a nice IPA?
