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Lager
ABV
5.3 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.8 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4 %
Classification
Light beer
ABV
0.01 %
Color
Golden
ABV
5 %
Color
Blond
ABV
5 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.6 %
Classification
Light beer
ABV
4.8 %
Color
Blond
ABV
10 %
Color
Blond
ABV
5 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.8 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.9 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.6 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.6 %
Color
Blond
ABV
4.9 %
Color
Blond
- Lagers are a type of beer conditioned at cold temperatures using bottom-fermenting yeast strains. "Lager" means "to store" in German.
- They are crisp, clean-tasting, and delicate compared to ales. The cold fermentation suppresses fruity esters and other byproducts.
- Light straw to golden blonde in color, lagers are fully fermented and aged, resulting in a crystal clear appearance.
- Key styles include pilsner, Munich helles, Dortmunder export, and märzen. Some major brands are Pilsner Urquell, Stella Artois, and Heineken.
- Bavarian lagers like pilsner emphasize subtle noble hop bitterness, light maltiness, and low fruitiness.
- Czech and German lager yeasts perform best at temperatures between 45-55°F. This takes longer than ales.
- Lager beer achieved mass popularity after technological advances in the 19th century enabled brewing on a large, industrial scale.
- Lagers require longer, colder fermentation so were historically difficult to make until refrigeration and cooling technologies improved.
- They make up the largest share of beer consumption worldwide thanks to the prevalence of pale lagers from multinational brands.
- American light lagers are a very pale, highly carbonated, mild adaptation of pilsner-style beer produced using corn and rice adjuncts.