2006-10-03 09:05:57 · 9 answers · asked by tashii22 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Lager is simply a type of beer, only fermented at a colder temperature. Most beer, called ale, is fermented at 65-75 degrees, or roughly room temperature.
Lager beer is fermented from 45-65 degrees, colder is preference. It is also fermented, or aged, for much longer. Your average ale ferments for a whopping 2-3 weeks, while a lager beer ferments for up to 7-8 weeks. (I could be off by a week there).
The result? Many will argue that lager beers are "smoother" because of their longer fermentation rates. Personally, I prefer dark ales over lagers.
And I failed to mention "bottom-fermenting yeast" as did the person a few answers before me. It's true, lager yeast is different from top-fermenting yeast, but I've heard you can produce a relatively "lager-y" beer by using top-fermenting yeast, so long as your fermentation temps. are cool. I haven't lagered yet...still in the ale stage. AND STILL LEARNING!
2006-10-03 09:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by kristalldiepistola 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
jonjon418, how do i put this ... you're just, um, wrong, maybe that's why people gave you the thumbs down ...
lager isn't DARK, lager is the style used for the overwhelming majority of USA mass market beer for heaven's sake -- is Buttweiper dark? sit a lager next to a stout sometime and compare lightness, for example.
aquagirl, if you're gonna be a Wikipedia parrot, the polite thing to do is indicate it under "source" ... but the better thing to do is not copy and paste Wikipedia. people go to Wikipedia directly when they want Wikipedia answers.
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2006-10-03 14:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lager is a well attenuated beer brewed in cool conditions using a slow-acting brewers yeast, known as a bottom-fermenting yeast, and then stored (or "lagered") for a period in cool conditions to clear away particles and certain flavour compounds to produce a clean taste. The most popular examples of beer brewed using the lager method are pale lagers, also known as pilsners.
2006-10-03 09:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by aquagirl125 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Beer
It's fermented with a specific yeast that works at cold temperatures, so the process is called "lagering" which comes from the German word "lagern" (to store),
2006-10-03 10:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beer.
2006-10-03 09:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-03 09:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jun 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
beer
2006-10-03 09:13:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dark beer.
OK, and somebody gives that a thumbs down? LOL...I swear, some people on here are true idiots.
2006-10-03 09:07:15 · answer #8 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Aquagirl knows her beer. . .
Also Kristall. . .
2006-10-03 18:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by marianddoc 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋