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Pale Lager Family
Light in color, Pale Lager beers are crisp and easy-drinking. Recipe styles include American lager, helles, kellerbier, Mexican lager, and more.
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Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company: Schlitz Gusto (circa 1960’s) clone
1960’s-style American Pilsner, a clone of “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous”
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JM’s Peach Ginger Lager
A basic Lager, with honey, peaches, and fresh ginger.
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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 be
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Older But Wiser American Pilsner
American Pilsners have little malt flavor, hop character or body. But, these elements are balanced and there are no faults. To make a good A
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The 10 Hardest Beer Styles to Homebrew
Witbier. Wee Heavey. Tripel. Schwartzbier. Gueze. Eisbock. Dry Stout. Berliner Weisse. American Pilsner – are these the 10 most difficult st
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International Lagers
They’re here. They’re there. They’re everywhere — those ubiquitous light lagers like Heineken, Grolsch and Becks in their green bottles.
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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.
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Dortmunder
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Black Steam
A steam beer seems like the perfect style to schwarz-up. Here is a recipe to get you there.
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American Pilsner
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Helles Belles (pistachio helles)
A bright lager, fortified with nuts and grain alcohol… who knew?