does lager taste like beer????-mmmmmm beer

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Lagers are the lightest beer (without it being 'lite'). All the

national brands, Bud, Coors, Miller etc are lagers. A lager is the

exact opposite of a rich and heavy beer. However, lager could be used

as a generic term for beer.

 

Personally, I only care for lagers if it's really hot out and I want

something 'thin' to drink. Otherwise I go for the ales, which usually

have a lovely hoppy flavour. Red ales are some of my favorite, which

has a nice hoppy and malt balance.

 

There is a Rock Bottom Brewery in Des Moines, so although it's not the

best microbrew beer we do have a close place (1 1/2 hr from us).

 

One of my favorite seasonal beers is the Full Sale Wassail, and I like

most of their other beers, too. James favorite is Sierra Nevada Pale

Ale.

 

Denise

 

, purplepassion

<thelilacflower> wrote:

>

> I've never tried a lager, does it taste like beer???? Is it rich

and heavy?

> Donna

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--- organic_homestead <organic_homestead

wrote:

 

> Lagers are the lightest beer (without it

> being 'lite'). All the national brands,

> Bud, Coors, Miller etc are lagers.

> A lager is the exact opposite of a rich

> and heavy beer. However, lager could be used

> as a generic term for beer.

 

Some lager beers are not so light. I would

not consider some German lagers, such as

a bock or doppelbock, light. American lagers

like bud, coors & miller, yes, those are

pretty light.

 

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/

 

> Personally, I only care for lagers if it's

> really hot out and I want something 'thin'

> to drink. Otherwise I go for the ales,

> which usually have a lovely hoppy flavour.

> Red ales are some of my favorite, which

> has a nice hoppy and malt balance.

 

Although I usually drink ales, a good beer

to drink in the summer is a weiss beer

or a hefeweizen.

 

http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/270/

 

Gary