Lagers

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Beers produced with bottom fermenting yeast strains at colder fermentation temperatures than ales. This cooler environment inhibits the natural production of esters and other byproducts, creating a crisper tasting product.

Fermentation is the process in which yeast consume sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide. Bottom fermenting or Lager yeast do most of their work at the top of the tank where fermentation takes place, hence the term Bottom Fermenting. Bottom fermenting Lager yeast and top fermenting Ale yeast are different strains of yeast.

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Styles Within Lagers

  • Light Lagers

    Light Lagers are beer styles that largely evolved from the Pilsner beer style and share some common characteristics with them, including a pale color and clean finish. Though many beers and sources »

  • Pilsner

    Until the 1840s, most beers were top-fermented, dark and cloudy (dark ales). The taste and standards of quality often varied to the worse, and in 1838, consumers even dumped whole barrels to show »

  • European Amber Lagers

    Amber Lagers are one of the beer styles that truly features rich malt flavors with little else to distract from them. Vienna Lagers and Oktoberfest beers both make rich malty statements.

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  • Dark Lagers

    Dark Lagers are just that, dark from the liberal use of roasted malts. Dark Lagers likely originated with the Munich Dunkel style in Germany that became a specialty in Munich centuries ago and »

  • Bocks

    Are you ready for a strong, dark, malty lager? Then a Bock beer is just what you're looking for. Late Winter and Fall are the traditional seasons for bocks, but there are quite a selection of them »