"The Submarine Captain" > wrote in message
...
> Bill Benzel wrote:
> >deMoMo ) wrote:
> >: My husband and I were talking about the beermaking process the other
> >: day, and he mentioned that there is some place where the beer is
> >: brewed in open vats, instead of in closed containers. I seem to think
> >: that it's somewhere in Europe, but I'm sure that doesn't help much!
> >
> >That would be Belgiumand you're probably looking for a style generally
> >called Lambic.
> >
> Erm, may I very bluntly point out that many British breweries use open
> fermenters as well, and that quite a few lager breweries in countries
> such as Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic or Poland also
> do make the primary fermentation to their beers in open fermenters...
> So I wouldn't link "open fermenter" to "lambic" that exclusively... (

Yeah, Magic Hat and Shipyard in the U.S. spring to mind as major examples of
open fermenter breweries as well. Chances are that the husband WAS talking
about lambics...but not anywhere near a certainty. Sorry, darling.

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