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"Biertourist":2og12pwb wrote: Sorry what's the definition of "ale" used in the survey?

Does "ale" == "Smithwicks" or something else?


Adam[/quote:2og12pwb]
To the great unwashed ale == Smithwicks, but for those who have ever travelled it also includes "that piss they drink in England."

(I should qualify that. When telling people about pale ales over the weekend, I had one or two equate pale ale with the unpleasant drinks only available in England. This stereotype existed 25 years ago, and I'm not surprised it still does)

"Tube":gx2zfjyw wrote:

"Biertourist":gx2zfjyw wrote: Sorry what's the definition of "ale" used in the survey?

Does "ale" == "Smithwicks" or something else?


Adam[/quote:gx2zfjyw]
To the great unwashed ale == Smithwicks, but for those who have ever travelled it also includes "that piss they drink in England."

(I should qualify that. When telling people about pale ales over the weekend, I had one or two equate pale ale with the unpleasant drinks only available in England. This stereotype existed 25 years ago, and I'm not surprised it still does)[/quote:gx2zfjyw]

That's nothing there was a guy who tried Metalman's new wheat beer and came back a while later describing how he really liked this "lager" vs. some of the "ales" that he had tried there that day... -It took all my strength just to say "yea, good, huh?" instead of explain just how confused he was to mistake a spiced, cloudy wheat beer for a lager.

As far as I could tell his classification system was "beer that I like == "lager" and beer that I don't like == "ale"". (Wait, you were there when that happened, weren't you?)

I think I'd almost call my product "Irish Golden" or "Irish Pale" and I'd just avoid the word "ale" entirely because of widespread consumer confusion.

Adam

"Biertourist":10i189le wrote: I think I'd almost call my product "Irish Golden" or "Irish Pale" and I'd just avoid the word "ale" entirely because of widespread consumer confusion. [/quote:10i189le]

Absolutely. I always maintained that to some people ale is a four letter word.