# 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:** 2
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/21 "2014-07-24T22:04:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 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. Maybe Milwaukee’s Best is actually the best? 😉 And yeah, I wouldn’t drink a DAB with Thai food[sup]\*[/sup] , a Singha is pretty much mandatory. [sup]\*[/sup] Ok, I would. ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/22 "2014-07-24T22:15:12Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Nice find, pulykamell. My new answer is Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen. You really can’t go wrong with any of the Ayinger beers. If you can get a hold of an Ayinger Jarhundert, that’s another fantastic lager. Maybe my favorite for that light Dortmunder style of lager. ETA: Oh, and before I forget, Brooklyn Lager is quite nice, too. ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/23 "2014-07-24T22:15:31Z")
Dos Equis in the green bottles is another of my favorites. ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/24 "2014-07-24T22:18:09Z")
I was in NYC about ten years ago and went into a pub (can’t remember the name) in the Mid Town area that featured draft beer from old style wooden kegs and hand pumps. It was pretty good beer, and if memory serves me right, they were using a very old recipe and method for lager beers. No idea if that place is still around. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/25 "2014-07-24T22:24:32Z")
> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#): > > Brooklyn Lager is pretty good, but it is hard to find. > > Sam Adams Boston Lager is my favorite of easy to find beers. In the DC area Brooklyn Lager is very easy to find. I even see it in my old East Tennessee stomping grounds. I agree that it’s very good; it may be my favorite lager. ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/26 "2014-07-24T22:35:59Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > In the DC area Brooklyn Lager is very easy to find. I even see it in my old East Tennessee stomping grounds. I agree that it’s very good; it may be my favorite lager. I live in Baltimore and I have to go to an upscale liquor store to find it, and I only know a handful of pubs that serve it. ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/27 "2014-07-24T22:58:09Z")
> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#): > > I live in Baltimore and I have to go to an upscale liquor store to find it, and I only know a handful of pubs that serve it. In Chicago, it’s fairly ubiquitous. I don’t see it on tap so much, but the bottles are in most liquor and grocery stores I go to, and I live in a working class part of town. So, easy-to-find some places, hard-to-find in others. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/28 "2014-07-25T01:39:18Z")
> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#): > > I live in Baltimore and I have to go to an upscale liquor store to find it, and I only know a handful of pubs that serve it. That shows what a difference a few miles can make. If I left my house in Silver Spring right now, I could be back home enjoying one in less than 10 minutes. My favorite beer (Loose Cannon) is made in Baltimore. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/29 "2014-07-25T02:24:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > In about an hour, the “best beer” will be a Singha with my Thai food. > [@August\_West](#): > > And yeah, I wouldn’t drink a DAB with Thai food[sup]\*[/sup] , a Singha is pretty much mandatory. > > [sup]\*[/sup] Ok, I would. You think Singha goes well with Thai food, you should try it with naked bargirls. I’ll be meeting up with my friend who’s down from upcountry in about 11 hours, and we’ll be guzzling and gazing. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/30 "2014-07-25T02:41:05Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > It’s certainly not exotic or obscure, but I like Yuengling, myself. > [@DrFidelius](#): > > I second the Yuengling. It isn’t fancy but it is what beer should taste like. > [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I like Yuengling. I fourth the Yuengling recomendation ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/31 "2014-07-25T02:48:07Z")
Odell’s Double Pilsner is pretty good, as is Magic Hat’s Dream Machine IPL. Both are in the Double/Imperial category though. As “normal” lagers go, Kozel Dark was probably the best tasting beer I’ve had, but then again, I was hungry, half-drunk and tired in Prague, so my experience was kind of skewed. I like Staropramen and Pilsner Urquell a lot. As far as US lagers are concerned, I liked the Shiner Frost a lot (supposedly a Dortmunder style), and I like the Franconia Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dunkel quite a bit as well (local DFW German-style brewery). Lagunitas Pils is also pretty good as is Ska’s Mexican Logger. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/32 "2014-07-25T02:50:21Z")
I’ll throw in with the Sam Adams Boston Lager crowd. It’s my everyday beer. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/33 "2014-07-25T03:00:49Z")
American: Anchor Steam Foreign: Hofbräu Helles, aka Hofbräu Original (Germany) or Estrella Damm (Spain) ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/34 "2014-07-25T04:13:15Z")
> [@bump](#): > > As far as US lagers are concerned, I liked the Shiner Frost a lot (supposedly a Dortmunder style), and I like the Franconia Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dunkel quite a bit as well (local DFW German-style brewery). Lagunitas Pils is also pretty good as is Ska’s Mexican Logger. Oooooo, Yes! Franconia doesn’t seem to make a lager I don’t like! ---
**Author:** ![Jay4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@Jay4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay4)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/35 "2014-07-25T04:37:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Original recipe Schlitz, in a can. all the cool kids drink pbr now ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/36 "2014-07-25T04:52:40Z")
> [@Jay4](#): > > all the cool kids drink pbr now Is PBR still the cheap hipster beer of choice? It was ten years ago, I’d assume they’d have moved on by now. I do remember the reformulated Schlitz making a comeback about six years ago or so, but it didn’t seem to fully take hold. ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/37 "2014-07-25T12:39:14Z")
I tried the Sessions and a Kokanee, and both were quite good. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/38 "2014-07-25T12:42:25Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Nice find, pulykamell. My new answer is Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen. Seconded. I love Marzen styles the best, and this is maybe the best Marzen I’ve ever tasted. I don’t know if it makes sense, but Marzens have always tasted the “beeriest” of all beer styles, to me. ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/39 "2014-07-25T12:54:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Is PBR still the cheap hipster beer of choice? It was ten years ago, I’d assume they’d have moved on by now. I do remember the reformulated Schlitz making a comeback about six years ago or so, but it didn’t seem to fully take hold. LOL The hipsters of ten years ago, are probably ghosts of their once hip selves by now. My father claims that PBR and Schlitz used to be very good beers, but I’m a little doubtful of his claims. He speaks so fondly of everything in the 1960s and 1950s that I suspect him of having a biased opinion. That said, both of those beers did alter their recipe and brewing process in the 1970s. ---
**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 25, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948/40 "2014-07-25T13:34:07Z")
> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#): > > LOL > > The hipsters of ten years ago, are probably ghosts of their once hip selves by now. > > My father claims that PBR and Schlitz used to be very good beers, but I’m a little doubtful of his claims. He speaks so fondly of everything in the 1960s and 1950s that I suspect him of having a biased opinion. > > That said, both of those beers did alter their recipe and brewing process in the 1970s. And Schlitz went back to its 1960s formula about six years ago (Old Style, too, tweaked its recipe to reincorporate kraeusening in the process.) The new old Schlitz definitely tasted different and a lot better than the Schlitz it was replacing. It’s actually a pretty decent American lager, in the same ballpark as Yuengling in terms of flavor and quality. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-category-lager/693948.md?page=3)