Michael Mowbray wrote:

>Hi All. I believe I understand the fundemental difference between lagers
>and ales but just curious where a 'draught' style fits in?
>
Draught is not a style. Draught just means the beer is in bulk form,
drawn from any kind of cask, keg, tank, etc.

>Coopers have a
>Lager, an Ale and a Draught can available.
>
>I have in the past thought of a
>draught as 'on the tap' but obviously any beer can be served from a tap,
>
Indeed, and you were right !

> and draught an be in a can or bottle e.g. Tooheys Dra[ugh|f]t.
>
"draught" cans or bottles are supposed to duplicate the "freshness" or
taste of beer from the barrel.
Typically this is sometimes achieved by using mixed gas insert (aka
widget) in the can (technique started by Guinness in the early nineties,
cans sold as Guinness Draught) as to give the same kind of compact head
you get from mixed gas (aka nitrokeg) dispense.
Another way of using draft for pacvkaging was "Miller Genuine Draft",
reportedly called this way because it is cold-filtered and is reputed to
have the same crispness as the draught version.

>Anyone have any
>idea if a here is a definitive draught style? T
>
From what I mentioned above : Draught / Draft is NOT a style of beer,
as it's used for thins as diverse as a pale ale (Coopers), a stout
(Guinness) or a "lawnmower lager" (Miller GD).
It's a word marketing men like to use for their packaged beer, as it
seems to add value to it in the eye of the average beer consumer. It
actually just makes thing confusing...

Cheers !

Laurent


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