Beer Style: European Pale Lager
Includes an array of styles including Munich helles, pale kellerbiers, pale lagers, Mexican lagers, and premium lagers.
283 Kilometers (European Pale Lager)
Named for the distance between Plzen (Pilsen), Czechoslovakia and Wien (Vienna), Austria, 283 Kilometers is a crisp, clean, well-balanced beer with a firm malt presence from Vienna malt. Recipe from Chris Colby.
International Lagers
They’re here. They’re there. They’re everywhere — those ubiquitous light lagers like Heineken, Grolsch and Becks in their green bottles. Learn how to brew one at home (and learn a few new techniques — including cereal mashing and high-gravity brewing — while you’re at it). Plus: the skunk factor.
Brew a German Helles with an All-Grain, Step-Mash
Raising the mash temperature, understanding exzymes and the iodine test. Plus: what’s going on in the mash and the protein-rest debate.
Dortmunder
Dortmunder, sometimes called Dort but more often known as “export,” is a golden German lager. Export originated in Dortmund, an industrial city in the north of Germany. In medieval times, this local
Helles Belles (pistachio helles)
A bright lager, fortified with nuts and grain alcohol… who knew?
