# Best Beer-Category: Lager **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [July 24, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948 "2014-07-24T17:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/1 "2014-07-24T17:24:30Z")
I’m looking for the best lager out there, in your opinion. It’s time to put aside the IBU’s and special hops-give me those slow cooked lagers, both light and dark, American and ferriner. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/2 "2014-07-24T18:06:34Z")
Original recipe Schlitz, in a can. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/3 "2014-07-24T18:17:38Z")
My current favorite lager is Real Ale’s [Hans’ Pils](https://realalebrewing.com/beers/pils). It’s hoppy for a lager, but it doesn’t come across all fruity or citrus-y. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/4 "2014-07-24T18:19:07Z")
It’s certainly not exotic or obscure, but I like Yuengling, myself. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/5 "2014-07-24T18:21:58Z")
I second the Yuengling. It isn’t fancy but it is what beer should taste like. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/6 "2014-07-24T18:26:49Z")
Full Sail Brewing makes Session dark lager (black label) and amber lager (red label). I think they’re both very good, but I don’t think they’re available nation-wide. Their seasonal Fest (red) lager is very good as well. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/7 "2014-07-24T18:28:07Z")
I’m going to be boring, but for me, my one true lager love will always be Samuel Adams Boston Lager. I also quite enjoy Lagunitas Pils when I’m in the mood for something even a bit lighter, or a Weihenstephaner Original when going for that chewy, German, malty taste. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/8 "2014-07-24T18:43:23Z")
I prefer dark lagers. My favorite domestic is probably “Death and Taxes” from Moonlight Brewing. It’s draught only, and very tough to find unless you live within two hours or so of Santa Rosa, CA. Favorite import is Köstritzer Schwarzbier, which I believe is distributed in bottles nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/9 "2014-07-24T19:16:44Z")
My go-to everyday lighter stuff is Session, but I mainly drink Dos Equis Amber, Bohemia, and Negra Modelo anymore. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/10 "2014-07-24T19:27:15Z")
In the Czech Republic I like the Gambrinus 10 (which you can keep drinking for ever); or Urquell 12 if you only want to have a few. In Germany Diebels is nice, but Warsteiner or any type of Kolsch will fir as well. In Holland Brand, Gulpener, Hertog Jan or Grolsch. In Belgium I refuse to drink lagers (and Jupiler and Stella suck anyway). In russia I liked HeBckoe, but a few of the Baltika’s were ok as well. In other countries: whatever they have. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/11 "2014-07-24T19:32:28Z")
Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier. It’s a Hefeweizen that is a lager. It’s one of my favorite beers in any category. It must be tried. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/12 "2014-07-24T21:02:19Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier. It’s a Hefeweizen that is a lager. It’s one of my favorite beers in any category. It must be tried. Are you sure it’s a lager? It definitely tastes like a weiss ale yeast in there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/13 "2014-07-24T21:05:33Z")
From what I can find, it’s brewed with an ale yeast, and then may or may not be bottle conditioned with a lager yeast. [This is the best I can find](http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/weihenstephaner-hefe-yeast-3068-a-129554/). I mean, the beer definitely has the tell-tale flavor of ale yeast (clove & banana.) ---
**Author:** ![Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/14 "2014-07-24T21:18:44Z")
Brooklyn Lager is pretty good, but it is hard to find. Sam Adams Boston Lager is my favorite of easy to find beers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/15 "2014-07-24T21:21:25Z")
I’m going out to Tom’s Pizza tonight-I’ll try the Sessions and maybe the Sam Adams. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/16 "2014-07-24T21:38:26Z")
DAB is the best lager. Trust me on that, I used to be a professional beer taster. But it is green bottles, so buy the enclosed cardboard 12 packs and protect them against light as though your life depended on it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/17 "2014-07-24T21:43:56Z")
DAB is definitely drinkable, but I wouldn’t call it the _best_. The best beer is the one in front of me. 😉 In about an hour, the “best beer” will be a Singha with my Thai food. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/18 "2014-07-24T21:51:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The best beer is the one in front of me. 😉 The best beer is “Free Beer”! ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/19 "2014-07-24T21:52:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > From what I can find, it’s brewed with an ale yeast, and then may or may not be bottle conditioned with a lager yeast. [This is the best I can find](http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/weihenstephaner-hefe-yeast-3068-a-129554/). I mean, the beer definitely has the tell-tale flavor of ale yeast (clove & banana.) Nice find, pulykamell. My new answer is Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/20 "2014-07-24T21:58:15Z")
I like Yuengling. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948.md?page=2)