German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria

The semantic space that "lager" covers in German is around storage/collection: so it covers concepts that in English are distinguished by worlds like "camp" (storage of people; and is therefore applied to prison camps) and "warehouse". Lager beer is matured in cold storage (like a cellar), hence "Lagerbier" just means "beer kept in storage", roughly.

Because of differing semantic coverage, a lot of words between German and English are not 1:1 mappings. A reverse example is that in English we often speak of generic entrances, while in German you would normally distinguish between an entrance you drive through ("Einfahrt") versus walk ("Eingang").

Re: German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria

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Post by FredPret » Thu, Apr 27, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

soco wrote: post #6

ciarcode wrote: post #2

Ah ok, that kind of lager!

Tell me you don't drink beer without telling me you don't drink beer.

To misunderstand this word, OP probably speaks German, which means statistically they probably drink more beer than you.

Re: German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria

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Post by saiya-jin » Thu, Apr 27, 2023, 12:05 PM UTC

As much as I like Czech beer (especially from 'tanks' - 400-1000 liter barrels that use gravity to get beer out and not CO2 like smaller kegs, which translates into much smoother and less sour taste), bavarian, namely Munich's Augustiner Edelstoff is by far the best lager from bottle I ever tasted.

It easily beats any 'craft' beers I've experienced around the globe, and 0.5 lter bottle costs 1.2 euro in Munich's supermarkets. Makes me think its good for my health I don't live there, would probably become significant consumer. Also, still pending with tasting it from the barrels (which should be wooden in this case, unlike basically any other mass produced beers I am aware of). They also make stronger special for Oktoberfest, another todo

Re: German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria

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Post by watwut » Thu, Apr 27, 2023, 12:09 PM UTC

FredPret wrote: post #8

soco wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tell me you don't drink beer without telling me you don't drink beer.

To misunderstand this word, OP probably speaks German, which means statistically they probably drink more beer than you.

Not just German. Similar word exists also in Russian (лагерь), Czech (lágr), Slovak (láger).