International Pale Lager

Question 1

International Pale Lager

Category

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2. International Lager

Question 2

International Pale Lager

Overall Impression

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• Highly attenuated
• No strong flavors
• Typically well balanced
• Highly carbonated

Question 3

International Pale Lager

Aroma

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• Low to medium-low malt aroma (can be grainy-malty or slightly corny-sweet
• Very low to medium hop aroma (spicy or floral hop presence)
• Clean fermentation profile is generally most desirable
• Light amount of DMS or corn aroma is not a fault

Question 4

International Pale Lager

Appearance

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• Pale straw to gold color
• White, frothy head may not be long lasting
• Very clear

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International Pale Lager

Flavor

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• Low to moderate levels of grainy-malt flavor (crisp, dry, well attenuated finish)
• Grain character can be somewhat neutral, or show a light bready-crackery quality, or up to moderate corny or malty sweetness
• Medium to no hop flavor
• Medium low to medium hop bitterness
• Balance relatively even between slightly malty and slightly bitter
• Neutral aftertaste with light malt and sometimes hop flavors
• Light amount of DMS is not a fault

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International Pale Lager

Mouthfeel

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• Light to medium body
• Moderately high to highly carbonated
• Can have a slight carbonic bite on the tongue

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International Pale Lager

Comments

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• Tend to have fewer adjuncts than Standard American Lagers
• May be all malt, but strong flavors are a fault
• Often confusingly labeled as a ‘Pilsner’
• Any skunkiness is from being lightstruck in the typiclally used green bottles

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International Pale Lager

History

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• In the US - developed as a premium version of Standard American Lager
• Outside US - developed either as an imitation of American style lagers or as a more accessible version of a Pilsner-type beer
• Often heavily marketed and exported by large industrial or multi-national breweries

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International Pale Lager

Characteristic Ingredients

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• Two- or six-row barley

- May use rice, corn, or sugar as adjuncts or may be all malt

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International Pale Lager

Style Comparison

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• Generally more bitter and filling than American lager
• Less hoppy and bitter than a German Pils
• Less body, malt flavor, and hop character than a Czech Premium Pale Lager
• More robust versions can approach a Munich Helles in flavor, although with more of an adjunct quality

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International Pale Lager

Vital Statistics

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• IBUs: 18 - 25
• SRM: 2 - 6
• OG: 1.042 - 1.050
• FG: 1.008 - 1.012
• ABV: 4.6 - 6.0%

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International Pale Lager

Commercial Examples

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• Asahi Super Dry
• Birra Moretti
• Corona Extra
• Devils Backbone Gold Leaf Lager
• Full Sail Session Premium Lager
• Heineken
• Red Stripe
• Singha