Tag: lager
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American craft beer started as a big middle finger to American lagers. Miller, Bud, and Coors. The microbrew crowd saw them as sellouts, pushing soulless, watered-down beer for maximum profit. Lagers like those were the face of everything wrong with American brewing: safe, dull, and mass-produced to death. Fast forward to now, and the craft…
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Crafting a rich, full-bodied amber lager is always a rewarding process. To enhance malt complexity, I’m adjusting my approach by substituting part of the base malt with Munich II and incorporating Vienna malt. Mashing at 156°F is the key to achieving that fuller mouthfeel, which is perfect for this style. Previously, I primarily used Pilsner…