Lew Bryson ) wrote:
: > 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.
:

I'm aware of that -- Ommegang uses open fermenters as well -- And Anchor.

I just kind of got "lambic" out of the context of that question. In my
experience, when people go to some lengths to bring up open fermentation
in a discussion of a beer style they're typically talking lambic!

--
Bill

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