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крепкое пиво

English translation: strong beer

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Russian term or phrase:крепкое пиво
English translation:strong beer

19:53 Nov 26, 2009
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-11-30 14:00:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Russian to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
Russian term or phrase: крепкое пиво
Подразумевается пиво с повышенным содержанием алкоголя и, как правило, с повышенной плотностью сусла.

Интересует, как англоговорящие люди это называют чаще всего.
Anna Katikhina
United States
Local time: 10:22
strong beer
Explanation:
Just what it says on the packet!

They even have festivals devoted to strong beers in Germany (and probably in Newcastle too).

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-11-27 00:59:51 GMT)
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It could also be a strong ale

One thing it is definitely not is 'la(r)ger'.
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Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:22
Grading comment
thank you :-D
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4strong beer
Libero_Lang_Lab
4 +1heavy / heavy beer / barley-broth / strong beer / nog / bub / stingo /
Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk
3I don't know if this will help you...
Deborah Hoffman
4 -3lager
Andrey Belousov (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -3
lager


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-11-26 20:00:09 GMT)
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Very broadly, a beer only a little over 4% was until recently considered to be a strong beer or an 'export'. These terms are often applied to lagers, ...
www.beerexpert.co.uk/StrongLightAndHeavyBeers.html

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 13:22
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: а мне кажется, что lager - слишком расплывчатый термин. Он и к обычному светлому пиву применяется. У меня в тексте очень много разновдиностей пива, и лагеров среди них полно. Крепкое как раз-таки и отличается от них...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk: Чувство юмора не пропьешь... Спасибо за хорошую, тонкую, светлую и легкую (как лагер) шутку! Еще шутка: это пиво продавали у нас как "лагерное" :) Ваше здоровье!
17 mins
  -> Well, that "лагерное" you know better. Anythin stronger's called "lager".
disagree  Libero_Lang_Lab: lager is not defined by its strength, but by its colour and the brewing process. It's a 'light beer'. (lager in a US bar - most of it tastes of weak feline urine...)
3 hrs
  -> It is NOT! jUST TASTE ANY OF THAT IN A BAR IN THE US!/ GOT USED TO "STONG ALE"? "LARGER" IS THE ANSWER FOR THE AMERICAN BEER.
disagree  The Misha: Nope.By every implication,lager is primarily a "blond" beer,a pilzner,and Sam Adams is not really a lager,whatever the brewer says.Budweiser is a lager, for Christ's sake - and it has way more than just a "weak feline urine" taste. It IS feline urine.
4 hrs
disagree  Deborah Hoffman: lager is kind of a broad term, there can even be a dark lager such as bock
5 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
heavy / heavy beer / barley-broth / strong beer / nog / bub / stingo /


Explanation:


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Note added at 9 mins (2009-11-26 20:03:17 GMT)
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Если не вдаваться в потемки подробностей (эти все крепкие пива - целый мир :) ),

а ограничиться ОДНИМ, наиболее всеобъемлющим и почти универсальным термином, то советовал бы Вам STRONG (или HEAVY) BEER и разговорный вариант низкого "штиля" - knockdown

А контекст-то какой и для КОГО?

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-11-26 20:07:16 GMT)
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Им нашенское "пиво без водки - деньги на ветер" не светит:

***STRONG BEER*** FESTIVAL IN BAVARIA

http://www.bargaintraveleurope.com/Germany_Munich_Strong_Bee...

Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: heavy или strong, по-моему, ближе всего по значению. В тексте описываются разные сорта и марки пива одного производителя. Т.е. xxx светлое, xxx живое, xxx крепкое и т.д.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AndriyRubashnyy
0 min
  -> Спасибо.
agree  Alex Khanin: strong beer, крепкие сорта пива (но не крепкие пива)
12 mins
  -> Спасибо, уточнение справедливо.
disagree  Andrey Belousov (X): lARGER
3 hrs
neutral  Libero_Lang_Lab: Innkeeper, a flagon of your finest stingo please.
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I don't know if this will help you...


Explanation:
In the US beer with a higher alcohol content is often called malt liquor. It is not typically a "heavier" liquid though because the manufacturers don't want you to get full, they want you to get drunk :)

I found something called "super-strength beer" from the UK that looks like the same thing:
http://www.thamesreach.org.uk/news-and-views/pressure-mounts...

I think "strong beer" is as good as any, though I suspect it's a calque from the German starkbierzeit. Apparently they use it in Arizona (western US):
http://thedish.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/28/strong-beer-fe...

Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 13:22
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Douglas: with "malt liquor"
1 hr
disagree  Andrey Belousov (X): lARGER
2 hrs
neutral  Libero_Lang_Lab: Seems to me that Andrey might have been on the 'Larger' tonight.
2 hrs
neutral  Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk: malt liquor is “ANY alcoholic drink brewed from malt” (Collins etc.), it is NOT typically stronger/"heavier", whereas “super-strength beer” (actually, according to the source, “super-strength LAGER”) is not a common name for this type of beer(being asked)
3 hrs
  -> I disagree with Collins. In common usage here, malt liquor means beer with extra alcohol.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
strong beer


Explanation:
Just what it says on the packet!

They even have festivals devoted to strong beers in Germany (and probably in Newcastle too).

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-11-27 00:59:51 GMT)
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It could also be a strong ale

One thing it is definitely not is 'la(r)ger'.


    Reference: http://www.2camels.com/starkbeirzeit-strong-beer-festival.ph...
Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you :-D

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andrey Belousov (X): lARGER
44 mins
  -> ... than life?
agree  The Misha: What's wrong with strong beer? Let the other guy drink his"larger", whatever he means by it.
1 hr
  -> Nothing at all. My gran swore by it. And she lived to 102
agree  Lina Episheva
8 hrs
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
8 hrs
agree  Valery Kaminski
8 hrs
agree  Vanda Nissen
9 hrs
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