Beer Style: Amber Lager Family
Holly’s Honey Lager
Recipe supplied by Beer at Home out of Englewood, Colorado. An easy drinking, lawnmower beer with hints of the honey on the nose and flavor profile.
Classic American Pilsner
Nothing says summer quite like enjoying a crisp CAP on a hot afternoon. Here is a CAP recipe from Fermenter’s Supply and Equipment based out of Omaha, Nebraska.
Pre-Prohibition Lager
A pre-Pro lager brewed with a yeast strain reputed to come from Philly’s old Christian Schmidt Brewery. This recipe is based on one developed by award-winning homebrewer Jeff Renner and originally published in “Brewing Techniques.”
Chesapeake Pilsner
Recipe submitted by Annapolis Home Brew: Severna Park, Maryland
More Beer’s California Common
Jason Petros, of More Beer, sent us his recipe for a California Common beer.
Wiener Blut Vienna Lager
Recipe author Chris Colby says, “Wiener Blut is a malty, lightly sweet amber lager with slightly more German noble hops than usual.” Silver medal winner at the 2004 National Homebrew Contest.
Anchor Brewing Co.’s Anchor Steam clone
This beer takes its name from the days when beer was made in the cool climate of San Francisco on rooftops in the nineteenth century—open vessels were used to help cool the beer quickly. Steam is the beer that convinced Fritz Maytag to buy the brewery in 1965 and carry on the brewing tradition that started there in the late 1800s. It features a deep amber color and Northern Brewer hops.
Michael Pearson’s Standard American Lager
This beer scored a 47 at the Indiana Brewers Cup, out of 1,071 entries.
Randy Scorby’s Classic Rauchbier
Best of Show, AHA NHC (840 entries)
Classic American Pilsner
Learn how to brew a little slice of American history in a glass — Classic American Pilsner.
Hop Til You Drop California Common Beer
Though not super hoppy, California Common is a style that shows off the aromatic power of homegrown hops very nicely.