Beau's Lugtread

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:42 am

No problem. In fact I feel like when they first opened with just the Lugtread available they were pretty upfront with marketing it as a kolsh. I could be wrong, but the whole "lagered ale" descriptor is relatively new as far as marketing goes.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:56 am

Bytowner wrote:No problem. In fact I feel like when they first opened with just the Lugtread available they were pretty upfront with marketing it as a kolsh. I could be wrong, but the whole "lagered ale" descriptor is relatively new as far as marketing goes.

The official name of the beer has been "Lug Tread Lagered Ale" right from launch, with "Kölsch" or "Kölsch-style" as a secondary descriptor.

I could be wrong, but I think there may be some legislation that disallows the use of "Kölsch" in the brand name of a beer unless it's brewed in Cologne.

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:08 am

Yeah Kolsch convention defines kolsch brewers within koln and they have protected designation within the EU at least.

G.M. Gillman · Post by **G.M. Gillman** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:35 am

Just on the point of a lagered ale, it is in my opinion, an accurate description of any ale which has been stored cold for a time unfiltered. I would think most ales in Canada, even most craft ales, are lagered within this meaning. But also as I said, I don't see why you couldn't call a lagered ale one which had taste attributes, due to a particular hopping regime, of an ale and a lager. What I read on the board or menu, at whatever pub it was, was describing I guess the style of the beer and it might have said kolsch-style but that's how I read it anyway.

Gary

free bacon · Post by **free bacon** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:29 pm

I sit just me or has Beaus had excessive Diacetyl lately? Either that or I'm becoming more sensitive to it.

free bacon · Post by **free bacon** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:57 pm

anybody?

G.M. Gillman · Post by **G.M. Gillman** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:14 am

I know some people are sensitive to diacetyl and feel it is detrimental to the palate in large amounts, but I can't say it's something I've ever noticed really - I mean in beer in general. I haven't noticed it in the Lugtread, in that beer I get a Germanic-influenced flavour and otherwise a normally-brewed ale with good taste.

In beers where diacetyl - a fermentation by-product - is noticeable, perhaps I just don't mind the taste.

Gary

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:06 am

free bacon wrote:anybody?

Don't know about "lately" but I find some of the grass and grain fades away pretty quickly with Beau's, so the not-so-nice bits become more pronounced.

free bacon · Post by **free bacon** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:28 pm

I think maybe it is me, mind you one of the times it was really pronounced it was on tap. It was always one of my favourites. I'm going to give it another try and keep my fingers crossed.