[ale] OT: Can a cat be an end user?

[Brian Pitts]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> I can see I need to provide a VERY IMPORTANT ALE TALK. Beer
> classification. Stouts are a style generally of the class ale.
> 
> Short summary: 3 classifications of beer
> 1. Ale, top ferment yeast at temps between 55F and 75F
> 2. Lager, bottom ferment yeast at temps between 33F and 55F
> 3. Steam, bottom ferment yeast at ale temps.
> 
> Everything else is a subset of these 3 classifications. Most beers are
> ales yet lager is the highest production classification. Budweiser is
> a lager. Bass is an ale. Guinness is an ale. Harp is a lager. I know
> of no German ales.

What? I thought every wheat beer brewed in Germany was an ale.

-Brian