"dgs" > wrote in message
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> John Nervo wrote:
>
> Um, yeah. Most folks who've been posting here know about that, and
> perhaps more than you might suspect. Hell, more than a few of us have,
> like, *been* to Cologne (Köln auf Deutsch, nicht "Koln") and also know
> that "Kölsch" is an applation controlée, meant for the top-fermented
> pale-blond beers typically brewed in and around Cologne, and protected
> by rules govenerning the region of production of that style.

He could always slack off on production, produce a mildly cloudy
pale beer with a hint of wheat, and call it a Bonn-styled "Kölschbier".
Putting a "Kölsch" on in Roanoke would work if he called it a "Blonde
Ale."

BTW, dgs - Did you get a chance to stop into Tangletown for the
cask Bi-Frost this year?