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My mistake. I've always incorrectly grouped them with lagers in my mind, but it does indeed look like they are top-fermented beers. I'm actually surprised, the
by _geke 9y ago
My mistake. I've always incorrectly grouped them with lagers in my mind, but it does indeed look like they are top-fermented beers.
I'm actually surprised, there are quite a few beer variants that I assumed were lagers that are actually ales, including Berliner weisse, kölsch, and gose [0].
[0] https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/ https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/
- cypherpunks01 9y agoKölsch is actually a weird one. It's true that Kölsch is an ale and Kölsch yeast is a top-fermenting ale yeast, however the style also calls for lagering the beer at cooler temperatures at the end of fermentation, which is the same process that all true lagers undergo. This is why Kölsch has a clean lager-like taste, and is often mistaken or debated as a lager. See also: California Common / Steam Beer, which is sort of the opposite case (lager yeast fermented at ale temps)