English Ales - What's your favorite recipe?

[Erik the Anglophile]

Mein kreuzen bringt alle jungs auf den hof.

 

[Miraculix]

Mein kreuzen bringt alle jungs auf den hof.

Whatever you tried to say, you clearly did not .

 

[DuncB]

Pretty sure that's barm, except if you'd like to write your whole post in German? ;-)

Ihr ganzer Beitrag.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Was intending to say "my Kreuzen brings all the boys to the yard" but my German is very rudimentary at best...

 

[Colindo]

Ihr ganzer Beitrag.

I did not put that part in quotation marks, so you failed ;-)

@Erik the Anglophile The sentence was correct, but the word is Kräusen, not Kreuzen.

 

[Miraculix]

I did not put that part in quotation marks, so you failed ;-)

@Erik the Anglophile The sentence was correct, but the word is Kräusen, not Kreuzen.

The whole sentence has a metaphoric meaning in English, which it does not have in German.

Closest would be something like "mein Kräusen ruft die ganzen Jungs auf den Plan!", But it doesn't really nail it....

 

[DuncB]

I did not put that part in quotation marks, so you failed ;-)

@Erik the Anglophile The sentence was correct, but the word is Kräusen, not Kreuzen.

@Colindo I just assumed that what you wrote in the post was a quote or statement.
die Besonderheiten der englischen Sprache

 

[Shenanigans]

Ihr ganzer Beitrag.

 

[Miraculix]

Just to add some random German phrases that do not make any sense in English but are actually a thing in German:

I think my pig whistles!

He doesn't have all cups in the cupboard.

Now we have the salad.

Such a juice shop.

Nobody can hand us the water.

And last but not least:

That's not my beer. (Meaning, this doesn't concern me.)

The beauty of the German language.

It puts the crown on the whole thing.

If you don't get it, you're looking stupidly out of the laundry!

But maybe you just do have nothing at your hat with it in general.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

We have a saying that someone doesn't have all the indians in the canoe, or that the elevator does not go all the way up.
The act of getting drunk can sometimes be referred to as "going into the mist".

 

[Northern_Brewer]

We have a saying that someone doesn't have all the indians in the canoe, or that the elevator does not go all the way up.

The English equivalent is being several sandwiches short of a picnic (and variations thereof)

The act of getting drunk can sometimes be referred to as "going into the mist".

Hmm - where to begin on English words for drunk, it's like Eskimo words for snow!

Talking of comparisons between languages, this is a nice interview with Jorge Luis Borges on the differences :

 

[balrog]

I've forgotten what we were talking about now, and my two years of German study at university are so long ago that my cupless cupboard's hat is stupidly looking out of the laundry. With Barm.

 

[Miraculix]

The English equivalent is being several sandwiches short of a picnic (and variations thereof)


Hmm - where to begin on English words for drunk, it's like Eskimo words for snow!

Talking of comparisons between languages, this is a nice interview with Jorge Luis Borges on the differences :

My favourite English expression for getting drunk is to get shitfaced.

Let's get shitfaced tomorrow night.

I love it.

 

[Shenanigans]

In Ireland we say gee-eyed.

"Gee is Irish slang for lady parts. So, to be gee-eyed means that you are so drunk you can’t even hold your eyes open properly."

 

[Northern_Brewer]

My favourite English expression for getting drunk is to get shitfaced.

Of course a German would favour a compound word...

I like the milder ones like tipsy - which you've had maybe 3 pints (of 4%) and are just starting to feel it a bit, but also works as a euphemism for being full-on ******ed/plastered/bladdered etc. And then there's the really archaic ones where the references no longer work, like blotto (as in having absorbed liquid like blotting paper, except nobody uses ink pens any more), and three sheets to the wind (when a sailing ship has lost control of its sails).

Then there's rhyming slang, as embodied in the side rooms of the glorious Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Australians have it pretty nailed with "a few 'roos short in the upper paddock."

Texans: "all hat and no cattle"

@Miraculix I bet you also appreciate "I **** you not" (and if you don't you should!)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I like the expression for drunk as “tired and emotional “

 

[tracer bullet]

There are local words as well (of course), for a long while "Kramered" was common here in MN, after a Vikings quarterback that was habitually arrested for drunk driving.

 

[tracer bullet]

Beer Question!

I've been making a "bitter" with EKG and First Gold hops. I've been tinkering with the malts, trying to get rid of an "earthy" flavor I do not like. I'm starting to think it's one or both of the hops. I have been here before with this subject but the question was different.

I'd like to get an orange marmalade flavor, but that's probably not going to happen. Citrus or berry work for me. Fruity, floral might as well. Could I please get a recommendation on a hop, or hop combo, to try? It could include EKG or First Gold if you don't think one or both are the "earthy" culprits. I don't have either on hand to sniff test a bag.

I'd like to stick with an English variety. No citra or Mosaic or anything for this.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

I'd do a Challenger/ Bramling Cross or First Gold mix in that case.

 

[tracer bullet]

I'd do a Challenger/ Bramling Cross or First Gold mix in that case.

Interesting! So you are thinking I’m getting earthy from the EKG? I don’t normally see it as a descriptor but you may be right.

 

[beren]

I've been tinkering with the malts, trying to get rid of an "earthy" flavor I do not like.

https://www.hopslist.com/hops/aroma-hops/east-kent-golding/“Flavor-wise it is earthy and mildly bittering with a sweet, silky, honey-like character. East Kent Golding is considered to be the quintessential English hop…”

 

[tracer bullet]

OK! I've had it hammered in my head they are floral, citruisy, but not earthy. I've used them in a porter a ton of times and never noticed it there either. But then again, porters are so much more malty it probably blended right in or got covered up altogether.

I'll certainly drop them and see.

 

[DuncB]

OK! I've had it hammered in my head they are floral, citruisy, but not earthy. I've used them in a porter a ton of times and never noticed it there either. But then again, porters are so much more malty it probably blended right in or got covered up altogether.

I'll certainly drop them and see.

Try phoenix in your porter, compliments the dark grains well.

 

[tracer bullet]

Availability is an issue. I've found 1 Bramlinig Cross vendor in the US, and their order page and customer service page both are broken. I'll keep trying. Phoenix doesn't look too popular either.

 

[kmarkstevens]

I'd like to get an orange marmalade flavor, but that's probably not going to happen.

Marmalade should come largely from the Fuller's yeast. I find the Imperial Yeast "Pub" fullers strain to be superior to WLP002 or the Wyeast equivalent. (I have a fuller's cultured from the bottle, but haven't brewed with it yet.)

First Gold also has a description for Marmalade.

@Northern_Brewer Can you flesh out the marmalade flavor in more detail please?

 

[HM-2]

Marmalade should come largely from the Fuller's yeast. I find the Imperial Yeast "Pub" fullers strain to be superior to WLP002 or the Wyeast equivalent. (I have a fuller's cultured from the bottle, but haven't brewed with it yet.)

First Gold also has a description for Marmalade.

@Northern_Brewer Can you flesh out the marmalade flavor in more detail please?

First Gold is usually how I get my marmalade into my British beers, it's my favourite Brit hop by a mile. Love the stuff.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Interesting! So you are thinking I’m getting earthy from the EKG? I don’t normally see it as a descriptor but you may be right.

Fuggles gives an earthy flavour which is typical of many English and Welsh bitters. Try Challenger for bittering and EKG for flavour.

 

[balrog]

Availability is an issue. I've found 1 Bramlinig Cross vendor in the US, and their order page and customer service page both are broken. I'll keep trying. Phoenix doesn't look too popular either.

https://hopalliance.com/products/br...1&_sid=50e59c504&_ss=r&variant=40101743886470
Verdant dry yeast should throw pretty fruity-ness also.

 

[Colindo]

Lots of yeast give the fruits that @tracer bullet is looking for. Red berries are from Gale's yeast for example, Wyeast 1332 or WLP041. Orange is from the Whitbread Dry Strain and Fuller's