Saturday, January 5, 2008

Beer classification in French

I used to think it odd that beers are classified by colour in Quebec: noire (stouts and porters), blanc (wheat ales), blond (lagers and light ales), brun (scotch ales, nut browns, etc..).

Still, I've tasted a few "noire sur lie" (lees) recently, and while they are definitely black, they aren't exactly stouts. They are too carbonated and that frothiness makes them taste more like the belgian lambics.

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