what's stronger beer or lager?

Answer 1

aren't they the same?

Answer 2

Usually Lager

Answer 3

A lager is a beer.

There are two basic styles of beer, lagers and ales. Beer is made through the fermentation of wort (barley mash liquid & hops) with yeast. Its the yeast that determines if the beer is an ale or lager. Ale's ferment faster and at room temperature, while lagers ferment much slower and need cooler temperatures (refrigerator temps). Sam Adams offers both an ale and lager versions of their Boston beer a.k.a. Sam Adams Boston Lager and Sam Adams Boston Ale. Both start with the same wort, the difference is the yeast.

From an alcohol content perspective, either can be stronger. The alcohol content is a matter of how much sugar from the wort is converted to alcohol by the yeast. Alcohol in beer = yeast piss;)

In the US, the maximum alcohol content of beer is controlled, it's usually no more than 6% by volume. Partially why beer is SO MUCH better everywhere outside of the US.

If your looking for "strongest" beers, look for a style known as bock. To learn about beer, join the alt.beer newsgroup and read their FAQ. Required reading for college freshmen back in the day.

Answer 4

Lager is usually stronger than beer (I assume that by beer you mean ale, since lager and ale are technically kinds of beer). Ale in the UK typically has an alcohol content of less than 4%, whereas a typical lager like Heineken or Carlsberg is around 4.2-4.3% alcohol.

Incidentally, Heineken, Carlsberg and all practically all other lagers are stronger on the European continent, at 5%. When they were first introduced into the UK in the late 60s/early 70s, British drinkers who were used to putting away large quantities of relatively weak ale quickly got extremely hammered on premium European lagers. Heineken and Carlsbers saw sales drop, and much against their will they introduced reduced-strength versions of their signature brands, which are the ones we in Britain and Ireland still drink today.

Having said all the above, some ales - for example, Trappist brews like Chimay and Duvel - are considerably stronger than 5% alcohol. The strongest beer I've ever tasted was a rich American brew called Samuel Adams Triple Bock, which came in at something like 20% alcohol, which is stronger than even a fortified wine. You sipped it like a liqueur and the bottle came with a cork, so that you could put the cork back in and save it for later. For all that, it wasn't so amazing that I wanted to taste it again. .

Answer 5

Seen on the Net........
Lager (or ‘Beer’ to some)
This is silly, really, because lager does not represent a style of its own although many people think so.Lager is the name of a beverage that has been fermented with a yeast strain that works on the bottom ofthe vessel.

Under this heading falls the BIG mass-produced, internationally famous brands like Carlsberg, Stella,Heineken etc. These brands don’t have anything to make them stand out; they’re all light in colour,have a clean and neutral flavour and often a short after-taste.

The "International Lager" is often brewed with adjuncts as maize, rice or sugar. They are so similar intaste and appearance that I won’t bother to mention them again.A beer-style that comes very close is Dortmunder. It is stronger in alcohol and has a more appearingmaltiness as it is not brewed with adjuncts.

Answer 6

Well I have only had one brand of Lager and that was Samuel Adams. That Lager was way stronger that any beer I had ever had.

Answer 7

They can both be brewed to extremes. Thomas Hardy Ale I think is about 13%, and some special brew lagers can reach 9% - 10% as well.
Cask ales on the whole tend to be between 3% - 6% although the likes of "Skullsplitter" is about 11%.
Lagers tends to be 3.8% - 5.2% (Carling to Stella for example)
So overall pretty much of a muchness really.

Answer 8

Lager will get you wrecked faster than an ale of equivalent strength, due to the carbon dioxide in it aiding the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream. Not only will that give you a worse hangover, but so will all the chemicals and cheap ingredients in British lager.

Answer 9

There's no difference. Very strong lagers are more readily available but both can be brewed to whatever abv is desired.
Neither tend to go much over the 10% abv mark due to taste.
Plus there's the fact that lager's for children and girls! (just kidding)

Answer 10

It depends. Generally lager is stronger but you can make some mind blowingly strong beers.

Answer 11

depends because they both have a ranhge from storng to weak, but on average beer is stronger, and it ges higher than any lagers except superbrew!