Differance between beer and lager?

great...maybe i am confused then.  how about someone list some popular beers and some popular lagers so i can understand the difference?  

in the US i would consider Buttwiper (Budweiser....sorry...i don't care for it) a beer and maybe something like Guinness as a lager?  or would Guinness be a stout?  or is that the same?  

here....i really don't know the difference between a beer and a lager.  in my mind they all should be at the proper temperature...nearest 37F as possible is perfect for me.  but what do i know?

Guinness is a stout, but a stout technically is a dark ale.


Lagers:
Carlsberg
Stella
Fosters
Kronenburg (sp?)
etc.

Ales:
London Pride
Fullers ESB (very nice ale!!)
Youngs Bitter
Youngs Ram Rod
Green King IPA
Abbot Ale
Spitfire
Bishops Finger
etc.

ok!!!  i got it now!!  and everything i have had so far in this country has been a lager according to your list....hence all of them should be at the proper temperature (cold). 

maybe i'm just too much of a "same ol', same ol'" type of gal with always getting my usual lager.  but i think i just might push the boat out next time i go to the pub and try out an ale. 

thanks for your help!!

For a novice beer drinker, I recommend Fuller's 'Discovery'.  It's a Summer Ale, so it's lighter than a bitter or a dark ale.  You could also try Honeydew.

God I'm thirsty now!  Is it too early to go to the pub?


Victoria

For a novice beer drinker, I recommend Fuller's 'Discovery'.  It's a Summer Ale, so it's lighter than a bitter or a dark ale.  You could also try Honeydew.

God I'm thirsty now!  Is it too early to go to the pub?


Victoria

k...i'll look for 'Discovery' next time i'm at the pub.

and it's never too early to go to the pub in my book!!!

everything i have had so far in this country has been a lager according to your list....hence all of them should be at the proper temperature (cold). 

Lots of pubs have Carling Cold - that's maybe what you want - a lager that's served very cold? There's also Extra Cold Guinness which I think is sort of weird, personally. 

Lager is too gassy for me usually - I prefer ales.... I used to drink a lot of Hefeweisen (sp?) with a lemon slice in the US during the summer, but I don't like German ones so I've given that up.

I used to drink a lot of Hefeweisen (sp?) with a lemon slice in the US during the summer, but I don't like German ones so I've given that up.

The German hefeweizens are great.  Schneider Weisse hefeweizen is one of the best out there.

ok!!!  i got it now!!  and everything i have had so far in this country has been a lager according to your list....hence all of them should be at the proper temperature (cold). 

I like cold, too. I can never finish a whole pint before it starts turning luke warm, so I only ever order halves.

If you, like me, enjoy a really cold beer drink, try a michelada! I was turned onto them by a Mexican friend years ago -- it's beer over crushed ice with a squeeze of lime juice and a dash of tabasco. Yum!

I personally can't stand the taste of beer. Dale drinks Stella and said you have to get use to the taste of beer/lager. I think I'll just stick with my WKD's

Dale drinks Stella and said you have to get use to the taste of beer/lager.

My dh isn't allowed to have Stella. There aren't many things in our household that I put my foot down about, but when we go out, he's not allowed Stella.

They call it Wife Beater, ya know (no dh has never beaten me but we've had some rip roaring rows when he's been on the Stella.)

I personally can't stand the taste of beer.

I'm with you!  I'll stick to my wine, cider, vodka drinks, rum drinks, dry sherry, Metaxa, Baileys...

My hubby likes Stella and other Belgian beers, also a big fan of local Yorkshire brewery:

http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/

Especially Black Sheep Riggwelter -- Riggwelter:  from the Old Norse: rigg-back and velte – to overturn. When a sheep is on its back and cannot get up without help, local Yorkshire dialect says it is rigged or riggwelted.

Not all lagers are gold in color. There is a dark lager in Germany called Munchen Dunkel.
German beer ranges from the gold amber we know through to a reddy color.

I remember ah so well, that's where I first started drinking and loved the beer, then I came back to the states and had a helluva time cuz it was P*SS and being young, I could not afford the imports. Then I came back here and discovered (just to confuse you further) heavy (a type of shilling).

We have shilling in Scotland. It is not lager but I don't know if it is a stout or not (it is not like Guiness), I just know it tastes so much better than lager. From what I can gather this is grouping the beer according to strength. We have 70-/ shilling which we call heavy, then there is 80-/ which is export. Someone once told me there is/was 60-/ and 90-/ and that it was called this because something to do with old tax rules.

I went though buckets of 80-/ whilst on hols in Scotland.  Scrummy stuff!

The best beer in Scotland is Deuchars...yum yum.....


Victoria

Is there one? I was discussing this with hubby & BIL, I tried googling it but couldn't come up with anything

Why google when you get much better answers here....

guinness = stout = nectar of the gods.

and woe betide the american pseudo-irish pubs that serve it cold!   

what's the deal with that extra-cold guinness i see advertised in dublin the past few years?