In tropical climates, there is nothing quite as refreshing as an ice -
cold lager beer.
Not exact matches
With summer swaddling the country in a hot, humid blanket, few refreshments are more welcoming (i.e., necessary) than a
cold beer plucked from an ice - filled cooler.Most often this means a barely boozy
lager in the vein ofCoors, Busch, or their buds.
Hailingfrom Cologne, the gently bittered
beer is fermented with an ale yeast, then it's conditioned at
colder temperatures more befitting a
lager.
Lager is derived from a word that means «to store,» and the style was discovered by brewers who stored
beer in icy,
cold caves during the summer for later use.
Found by UW - Madison undergraduate student Kayla Sylvester, a member of Hittinger's group, the yeast occurs only at a very low frequency and was likely accidentally introduced, just as an ancestor found its way to Europe and kick - started the production of
cold - brewed
lager beer hundreds of years ago.
An analysis of the yeast's genetic sequence revealed its closest affinity to one of two highly diverse Patagonian populations, confirming it was the
cold - loving microbe that, 500 years ago, found its way to the caves and monastery cellars of Bavaria where
lager beer was first concocted.
But it was just a few years ago that scientists identified the South American yeast that, hundreds of years ago, somehow hitched a ride to Bavaria and combined with the domesticated Old World yeast used for millennia to make ale and bread to form the hybrid that makes
lager or
cold stored
beer.
Historically,
lager beers come from countries like Germany, where
cold temperatures give the
beer its characteristic mild and crisp taste.
Their test drinks included still and sparkling water, soda (Coke and Diet Coke), sports drink (Powerade), Orange Juice,
lager beer, black coffee, black tea (hot and
cold), milk (skim and normal), and an oral rehydration drink designed for children with prolonged diarrhea.