L22 LAGER

Question 1

GEN’L INFO

Answer 1

• Bottom Fermenting
• Reusable ferment
• Flavor comes from elements other than yeast
• Ferment at colder temperatures
• Historically European
• Lager comes from German ‘lagern’ (‘to store’)
• Longer fermenting than Ales
• Mild, Crisp taste

Question 2

AMERICAN STANDARD LAGER

Answer 2

• Standard American, Canadian, Japanese, and Australian beer style.
• Brewed with 25 to 40% rice, corn and/or wheat. - Dry, lightly hopped, light-bodied and highly carbonated.
• Low Malt, Low Hops
  . No fruitiness, esters or diacetyl. Pale straw to pale gold.
• Budweiser, Corona, Fosters

Question 3

BOCK

Answer 3

• High alcohol
• Sweet Malty character
• Dark amber to Dark Brown
• Low Bitterness
• No Fruitiness or esters or hop aroma
• Shiner Bock, Sam Adams Winter Lager, Amber Bock

Question 4

PILSNER

Answer 4

• Flowery, medium hop bouquet
• Dry finish.
• Light gold to medium gold.
• Crisp flavor with prominent high hop bitterness
• Low maltiness in aroma and flavor.
• No fruitness or esters.
• Very low diacetyl is OK- Peroni, Stella, Stiegl Pils, Flywheel

Question 5

VIENNA LAGER

Answer 5

• Vienna malt dominates toasty flavor, aroma and color
• light to medium bodied with a reddish-amber color.
• Low sweetness, mild hop flavor and aroma
• No fruitiness or esters. Low diacetyl is OK
• Sam Adams Boston Lager, Great Lakes Elliot Ness, Dynamo

Question 6

LAGER TYPES

Answer 6

American Standard Lager
Bock
Pilsner
Vienna Lager