May 2014 Tasting: Pale Lager
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:25 pm
PaleLight AmericanLager
This month's tasting is by request. We had some interest in the 2014 Tastings Discussion thread for some lagers, specifically Pilsners and Maibocks (for May), so I lumped them into one category: Pale Lagers.
I plan to give this tasting myself, unless Trogdor decides to BURNiNATE the peasants on or before Thursday, in which case Sir Tucker has agreed to take the reins and rain down a golden shower of pale lager all up in this bitch.
Aside from the similarity in color, the examples I’ve chosen are fairly distinctive. The one recurring theme that I find distinguishes pale lagers is that pro brewers and homebrewers alike attest to the fact that it takes some skill to craft a high quality beer true to style, particularly when there are not a lot of strong specialty malts, spices, or high alpha hops to hide behind.
See you Thursday!
Pröst!
This month's tasting is by request. We had some interest in the 2014 Tastings Discussion thread for some lagers, specifically Pilsners and Maibocks (for May), so I lumped them into one category: Pale Lagers.
I plan to give this tasting myself, unless Trogdor decides to BURNiNATE the peasants on or before Thursday, in which case Sir Tucker has agreed to take the reins and rain down a golden shower of pale lager all up in this bitch.
Aside from the similarity in color, the examples I’ve chosen are fairly distinctive. The one recurring theme that I find distinguishes pale lagers is that pro brewers and homebrewers alike attest to the fact that it takes some skill to craft a high quality beer true to style, particularly when there are not a lot of strong specialty malts, spices, or high alpha hops to hide behind.
See you Thursday!
Pröst!