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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsingtao_Breweryacu' nemtii nu au mai avut de a face cu beraria aia din 1915... oricum interesanta istorie.
retetele au fost modificate si acum e si cu orez ( ca si Bud american si majoritatea celor asiatice - indiene, japoneze, thai, etc.).
ca veni vorba un articol despre berile cu orez:
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo...0,2785799.storyQUOTE
The American brewing industry was built in the late 19th century by first-generation German American immigrants such as Adolphus Busch, Adolph Coors and Frederick Miller. Although these men, craft brewers themselves, initially re-created the full-bodied beers of their homeland, many Americans had not developed a taste for the malt-heavy style.
"They needed a domestic ingredient that would make the beers more effervescent, bubbly and lighter," Ogle says. "Rice and corn did that -- it was a desired flavor, not inexpensive filler."
Traditionally most beers that include rice, including American brews such as Budweiser and the Japanese brands Asahi and Kirin, have been lighter lagers.
One of the earliest rice and barley ales to hit the Los Angeles market, Red Sun, was developed eight years ago by the Great Beer Co. in Gilroy, Calif., for the Sushi Roku and Katana restaurant chains.
"When we started looking around for a rice beer to pair with our food, the only options were lagers from the big Japanese brewers that aren't very flavorful," recalls Lee Maen, co-owner of the L.A.-based restaurants. "We wanted a more flavorful ale, but lots of those California microbrews are just too rich to pair with sushi."
Food was also the catalyst for the Bruery's owner-brewer Patrick Rue. Trade Winds Tripel, a full-bodied, unfiltered Belgian-style golden ale, is made from rice and barley. "My wife and I were having tom kha gai, coconut Thai basil soup, so I decided to experiment with Thai basil and rice to make a full-bodied but lighter ale," says the Placentia brewer.
He included rice in the formula, he says, because it "lends a really great subtle coconut flavor when left unfiltered."
si intr-adevar si dupa papilele mele berea japoneza merge f. bine cu sushi dupa cum recomanda si cei din restaurantele japoneze. tsingtao e un pic mai aromata si mise pare ca are o usoara tenta de ghimber ( ginger) - un condiment des folosit de asiatici.