You're all Barm-ey

[MyQul]

I discovered today that the traditional English word for Krausen is barm

"the word "Kräusen" is used to refer to clumps of what in English is traditionally called barm"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beer_head

 

[darkbright]

Apparently this is why bread rolls are known as Barm cakes up north. I'm going to refer tpo it as Barm from now on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barm_cake

Mate: "Have you started dry hopping yet?"

Me: No, waiting for the Barm to settle.

 

[Dexter101]

Do you think thats why we have a "barmy evening" because its the warmer weather where beer would start fermenting quickly...?

 

[Thumper]

It's interesting that English brewers appear to have abandoned our native word in favour of a German word that's not even used by Germans; at least not in the same context.

I wonder how that happened?

I may switch to barm!

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
Barm is from the Old English beorma = yeast.
Barmy means frothy.
The use of barmy to mean mad was first used in 1892 and is thought to be derived from the psychiatric hospital in Barming in Kent.
Interestingly, balmy meaning mild, pleasant is derived from the same source.
It's amazing what you find on t'Interweb :grin:

 

[Dexter101]

My fantastic level of spelling coming out there then....

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
So we are the true Barmy Army :grin:

 

[Pavros]

Hi!
Barm is from the Old English beorma = yeast.
Barmy means frothy.
The use of barmy to mean mad was first used in 1892 and is thought to be derived from the psychiatric hospital in Barming in Kent.
Interestingly, balmy meaning mild, pleasant is derived from the same source.
It's amazing what you find on t'Interweb :grin:

That's interesting - so the Scots use 'barmpot' which is derived from a hospital in Kent!

 

[chthon]

And beorma looks like beer-ma, mother of beer...