What's with all the random German vocab in the homebrewing world?

[unionrdr]

You mean like speedicus rex? Famishus famishus?

 

[liquiditynerd]

Because Frühschoppen just sounds sooooo much better.

Je ne comprend pas varoom der ist eine problem mit cerveza en allemande. Das bier use gesund, zu jeder stund!

 

[user 144271]

I don't really understand the German thing since SEVERAL countries have contributed to the "modern day invention" of Beer.

Following this logic each type would have its own vernacular.
But then again maybe I don't really get it since the only 2 words I know in German are

virgin.......gudntite
Prostitute.......vrotencrotchen

 

[TrickyDick]

Well, if you could give a better word for krausen than that, it would be useful. The thing is, vorlauf, lauter and krausen really have no single word synonyms to use. One word totally describes exactly what you mean.

Other hobbies have specialized words, too. SCUBA, sailing, backpacking, etc- they all use words maybe not in the common vernacular. I don't sail, but I have friends who talk about "jibs", "masts", etc. I'm sure they could say "the triangle triangular staysail that sets ahead of the foremast" for "jib" but that would really be silly if they meant "jib" all along.

Krausen is just krausen. But you can call it "the foamy head on the beer comprised of yeast and proteins during fermentation" if the word krausen is bothersome.

Then there is krausening, which is done with wort, not krausen.

TD

 

[Billy-Klubb]

anyone that doesn't want to use the old German terms can call it what they want. but I will make fun of you. it's what I do.

 

[Tupperwolf]

 

[Billy-Klubb]

German is a very commanding language. I think it only fits for a very demanding hobby.

 

[Yooper]

German is a very commanding language. I think it only fits for a very demanding hobby.

When I lived in a very small apartment, my phone was out all of the time.

I had daily phone calls to the phone company. Remember this was 30 years before cell phones, so I'd have to bother a neighbor who had a phone so I could call and argue with the phone company.

The conversation always started with "das fernsprecher ist kaputt".

My neighbor always opened the door.

 

[fredthecat]

Last night I ate some thin noodles covered with tomato sauce and Italian herbs, it was excellent. I followed it up with a thin layer of dough, covered in tomato sauce and cheese, with that long skinny dried italian meat. Also excellent. Washed it all down with a fermented beverage made from barley, hops, water, and yeast!

hahaha yess. what i was searching for in this thread. in korea, im always annoyed when koreans try to explain a food as something like "soup with potatoes and porkbone" (which doesn't accurately explain it really) when everyone who's been here longer than a week knows the korean name haejangguk. i try to explain that they should take command of their food vocabulary, as for example we don't say "thin layer of dough with tomato sauce and cheese"