When I worked at a brew-on-premises, my favourite thing was when we got an area of the basement cold enough to ferment our lager yeast at the optimal temperature. It made such a difference. I really hope Lagerphobia leaves the Craft Beer Community one day.
american homebrewer from the east coast, unbelievable access to NEIPA's ... But damn do i love drinking and brewing lagers more, Big Beer ruined peoples perception of them, its sad.
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Very good episode! Some of my favourite craft beers are lagers. The gravity dispensed unfiltered Kellerbier from Carnegiebryggeriet in Stockholm is just amazing.
I’m in Northern Virginia and there is an explosion of breweries around here and the first time I saw hops growing on tall wired poles, I said “what a nice privacy wall they put up”. 😂
Thank you for this video! There seems to be two categories of beer drinkers where I live in the states. Those who only drink mass produced American style lagers and those who only drink craft ales. It's a challenge to find a good lager beer because smaller breweries don't seem to want to take the time to make them (which is confusing to me, since barrel aging is becoming so popular). Also, people seem to be attracted to hop bitterness the same way others are attracted to hot sauce. (The stronger the better.)
Hey! Well there is def a link between hop bitterness and spice - both are addictive to human palates. I think pale lagers have taken a while to become popular in craft circles is because they are the styles that the original brewers rebelled against, and because they take ages to make for (usually) a smaller profit margin. It is changing though as people start to love the myriad styles.
Czech lager is some of the best I've tasted. I don't just mean Plzen - Pilsner the Original. Bakalar Studeny Chmel, Bernard, Krusovice and Svijany Rytir.
I do enjoy a good lager, especially a good pilsner. But I have to confess, there are some that might not fit the "good" category that I enjoy as well. I live in Florida and on one of our 90°F 95% RH days, I'll confess that what's referred to as an "island-style" lager is just great. They're light and crisp, low alcohol, maybe a tad under-malted, but they just hit the spot.
True! At the end of the day, the beer that hits the spot is the five star beer. It is only when you want to analyse that many fall down. That is why we dont judge people for drinking plain beer - although we want everyone to drink amazing, sustainable stuff
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Oh yeah, there's plenty of the amazing, sustainable stuff that trickles down my throat. We have some pretty good local breweries here that put out some pretty amazing beer, A current favorite is an APA by the name of "Reef Donkey" - named after a fish that puts up quite a battle.
Well like we said lager is the family - amber lager it depends on where it is brewed! In Czech they have a tradition of christmas ambers - often very dry but with a caramel sweetness and tang. Then Vienna lagers tend to have a hint of roastiness - but the only difference there really is the different malts and potentially a little extra hop to balance the extra sweetness. The principals should remain the same.
Great video and great information. Luckily for me, there's a craft brewery near me that only makes Lagers. Jack's Abbey makes Harponius Union IPL. which is fantastic.
I'm not a fan of IPA's. Never have been. I love lagers. Blondes(Helles), Ambers or Darks, I love them all. I've been all over Germany and Czech Republic drinking some of the best beers in the world. I'm drinking some Augustiner right now. I'm a homebrewer in Massachusetts that only makes lagers. Excellent video on lagers Craft Beer Channel. More shows on lager, I say!!!!!! Prost!! I love Kolsch too.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Love Notch! You should check out Jack's Abby in Framingham, They make mostly Lagers. Awesome!!! So many great ones. Bunker Brewing in Portland Maine makes an amazing Czech Pils. I love you guys!! I've learned so much from you. Keep up the excellent shows. I'm always watching!
Maybe a good topic for a video...English Lagers. I have to assume there are some UK breweries making characterful pale lagers with UK malts, and UK hops. Are there some historical UK lager yeast strains? I thought this video might be the one but you talk about a beer with Saaz, and about German Pilsners, Kolsch, etc. I could see a lager with some Maris Otter in the grain bill and featuring EKG or newer English hops being a very nice beer. A search turned up Meantime Brewery as one potential.
Great video. Just one question. You've said Lager is not a style, but in BJCP there is a American Lager style. Wouldn't that be considered as a Lager style?
I dont really like the BJCP definitions for many styles but assuming it is a pale lager, short conditioned with rice? If so yeah that is def a form of the lager family but cant be said to represent all the different styles that fall under lager as a whole.
Nice video, but I only hear and read in the comments about good Lager from Germany and Czech Republic! Not one time mentioned that Lager was invented in Vienna/Austria and we have here excellent beers and are number 2 in the world ranking of beer consumption in liters/year/person!
The problem with all these great lagers you guys love is they are only accessible if you're in Germany or the Czech Republic. I'm in London and lived in the USA before and that stuff just doesn't get exported out other than stuff like Paulaner or Pilsner Urquell which is better than Heineken or Coors but doesn't blow me away. So really, the only way you're going to convince me that lager is so great is either get those beers to me in London or the best craft breweries in the UK/ USA etc. better start making some lagers to compete with the best stuff in Germany and the Czech Republic but I'm not seeing either of those things happening.
Hey! First up, fair point. Sadly we arent ever gonna have a lager scene like Czech or Southern Germany as it isnt in our culture and takes centuries to build. But first, many lagers arent meant to blow minds. They are meant to sate, refresh and be wholesome. Like oven fresh bread, it is all you want for a while and then you have a fancy dinner another time. Second, we are just starting to get a great little scene - look up Braybrooke, Geipel, Donzoko, Bohem, Lost and Grounded. These guys are doing some amazing lagers that rival what you see in europe.
In general, I'd rather have a mediocre ale than a mediocre lager, but I'd rather have a great lager than a great ale. Because of how laid bare the ingredients are in a lager, I think that, when its great, there's a real magic in the simplicity, purity, and subtle flavors that can come together. But, for the same reasons, a bad/underwhelming lager doesn't give you anything to redeem it with - you know pretty quickly that it just isn't that good.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel i'll check it out. It's a problem with this country, the trains should be nationalised imho. At times, it can cost the same price as a return flight to Prague so might just go there instead for top notch lager ;) you have some good beer videos about the city!
Hey great videos guys! Just had 1 question & 1 suggestion. Question; which is the best dark lager that you can find in UK? Preferably British made + one you can buy readily online. My favourite are Kozel & Kostrizer but sometimes hard to find in UK. Suggestion; Could you guys do a video on dark lagers? which are also quite underrared & unappreciated (in UK anyway). Well done for your channel! I've been watching your videos for years now & feel like I know you too haha I would love to meet you guys one day & I"ll be buying a t-shirt of your channel as soon as I can, keep up the good work!
Hey James - thanks for the kind words! Sadly dark lager is a tough think to find in the UK. I know some have been made by Lost and Grounded, Cotswold and Braybrook but none are regular or year round. I'll have to do some digging - perhaps Freedom has a year round version but their beers are pretty average.
And you'll have a great time! But supporting small, independent businesses producing ethical and delicious product is worth £4.50 to a lot of us. Shouldn't be judgement either way.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel ethical? Is slave labour common in spoons beers like haha I heard in stoke they use children to test if the Carling will make you blind
People watching this possibly know those facts but very good video. I am from Argentina and 4,5 pounds is a great amount of money here... for a beer (40%, 50%
Huh? We do! We worry we do it too much. Picked a lager brewery in our big in 2019, visited the Czech Rep in november and did three films on that scene, done 3 films about pilsner urquell, done two german lager festival videos, did where to drink lager in munich, visited the brewer of the best lager in the world in the middle of nowhere, did a profile on Lost and Grounded weeks after they opened, and going to Notch in Salem, MA next week! Oh and we went to oktoberfest in China...
@@TheCraftBeerChannel : Just a suggestion. You might want to check out Arches Brewing in Atlanta, GA. They are a relatively small microbrewery and they decided to concentrate on lagers, rather than the current IPA craze. I've been home brewing since 1992 and several of their lagers are as good as any I have tasted.
Lagers are fantastic. It's all I've been wanting to brew (homebrew) and drink lately. I've got two homebrew lagers on tap in my house currently, a Czech Pilsner and an IPL. I do hate how big beer has kinda ruined the lager or what people think of as lager, especially here in the US.
Lager is a perfect example of capitalist pressure at its worst - focusing on higher yield, higher margin, faster production, milder flavour to wider appeal etc. Not to say capitalism ruins everything, but it certainly has the potential to!
Good beer costs money and time. We have been mislead for years by macro breweries using shortcuts and anti-competitive pricing to drive down costs and quality. Also, most of the cost of beer is tax.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel yes and no, what seems to really affect beer prices is location, I don't live in or that near to a city. It's almost impossible to find any pint over £4
What do you dislike? Like we said it is just a yeast and a process. You can get ones that taste of chocolate, or caramel, or crackers, or lemon, or nuts, or butter, or raisins. So much variation!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I guess my answer is: almost all the lagered beers I have tried. The flat, almost metallic taste of the sugars leaves me cold. But I'm sure that in time, there will be plenty of lagered ales that make me smile. Such is the new era of beer.
There shouldn't be any sugars really! Most are bone dry - and metallic flavours come from oxidation so perhaps you've been forcing down some bad ones. Still, this era of new beer will put one or two greats in front of you eventually!
Correct lagering time and use of German brewing equipment and lengths gone to adhere to traditional German techniques are the factors I use to rate a craft lager but personally I'd never drink it, too bland for my IPA trained taste buds.
As much as people like to categorize things the reality is that the lines between beer styles can be a bit blurry. As much as Kölsch is technically a blonde ale, it is closer to Lager in flavor.
Pilsner Urquell is my desert island beer (i.e my favourite beer). If you haven`t been to Czech and tried the real Pilsner Urquell then you really can`t talk shit about it. They made a beer so good it INVENTED a style.
The Craft Beer Channel ah would ya stop. I brew beer. I know the costs involved in particular for a lager. It does not equate to anything remotely close to £4.50 a pint. No matter what way you look at that price there is a huge mark up for the seller. Huge.
@@murphyebass7837 If you can put a lager to market that retails at less than that, when your volumes are under 1000HL....then I won't be trusting your lager. You will have compromised on ingredients, equipment, tank time, shelf-life, and probably ABV too for tax reasons.
The Craft Beer Channel I’m not here to argue. Enjoy your content but I think you’re being very disingenuous with your evaluation of the cost of brewing. £4.50 is double ipa territory, not lager.
@@murphyebass7837 Not arguing either! Open discussion is important. But having worked in beer distribution, seeing costs throughout the production and supply chain, I can assure you that in the on-trade £4.50 is a fair price for a good, small batch lager - and a phenomenal one for a pint of 8% DIPA. I mean that price would barely cover the tax.
Damn, I don't care much about "propper" tapping of a pint, but for the love of all that's holy, keep that tap out of your glass/beer. Djeezes fek. Disgusting.
It is a bit of a myth that taps shouldn't touch the beer. If properly cleaned it is broadly the same as what is happening inside the pipes! In fact, in the Czech Republic where tapsters are properly trained and well respected in the trade, you wont find anyone pouring without submerging the tap.
Correction, the Czech style Pilsner - lager is not a style. And why not? Why is Pilsner seen as less worthy than any other style, just because the big guys watered it down?
With all the respect to you as this channel is an amazing place to learn about beer. Your knowledge is outstanding. I was only commenting about the presentation of the video when it is said that lager is the greatest liquid on earth. I am sorry, it is not. The Czech style Pilsner is a boring and bland ( yes, bland) style compared to Belgian ales and sours, stouts / porters and all the varieties of wheat beer for example. Just me and thanks for all you do.
Normally worth watching...but you are over-selling lager, hence undermining your credibility I'm afraid. The fact it is an advert is not an excuse. Sorry!
That's cool David, when we make ads we try to make them editorially valid too but if it didn't hit the mark we apologise. That said, I PROMISE we are not overselling our love of lager. If you look back at our unsponsored lager content, we say the same things.
This show is great and keeps getting better and better! You guys are great hosts!
When I worked at a brew-on-premises, my favourite thing was when we got an area of the basement cold enough to ferment our lager yeast at the optimal temperature. It made such a difference. I really hope Lagerphobia leaves the Craft Beer Community one day.
american homebrewer from the east coast, unbelievable access to NEIPA's ... But damn do i love drinking and brewing lagers more, Big Beer ruined peoples perception of them, its sad.
I'm so happy when a new video appears on my feed and so sad when I finish watching it. You chaps are golden gods.
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@@TheCraftBeerChannel One might be that a sliver of piss is used
Very good episode! Some of my favourite craft beers are lagers. The gravity dispensed unfiltered Kellerbier from Carnegiebryggeriet in Stockholm is just amazing.
Coming from someone who loves hazys and hop bombs and ridiculously fruited sours .... I absolutely love shwarzbier. Favorite lager style by far.
Ah love a dark lager - the U Fleku one we had in Prague was like roasty coca cola!
Experimenting with hops in a pilsner is way more fun than a dang hazy…
Good video guys..lager gets a bad press but there are some cracking lagers out there..Budweiser Budvar springs to mind👍Keep em coming👍
Great beer - the Czechs and Bavarians are the kings of pilsner and helles.
Spot on with brewing pilsners/lagers.. Being a homebrewer I know the 'helles' that you have to go through to get something decent.
haha! Yeah We still haven't homebrewed a good one yet, but been collecting tips on how to! One day....
I’m in Northern Virginia and there is an explosion of breweries around here and the first time I saw hops growing on tall wired poles, I said “what a nice privacy wall they put up”. 😂
Well done lads awesome clip! Fully agree if a brewery can make a good pils then they doing it right👍🍻
Such a good video guys! You've just listed the reasons why I am a lager drinker! Cheers!
Thank you for this video! There seems to be two categories of beer drinkers where I live in the states. Those who only drink mass produced American style lagers and those who only drink craft ales. It's a challenge to find a good lager beer because smaller breweries don't seem to want to take the time to make them (which is confusing to me, since barrel aging is becoming so popular). Also, people seem to be attracted to hop bitterness the same way others are attracted to hot sauce. (The stronger the better.)
Hey! Well there is def a link between hop bitterness and spice - both are addictive to human palates. I think pale lagers have taken a while to become popular in craft circles is because they are the styles that the original brewers rebelled against, and because they take ages to make for (usually) a smaller profit margin. It is changing though as people start to love the myriad styles.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Tom Creenan Lager
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Dark Lager
how do you find those beer faucets?
Stiegel is my favourite
Great video guys. It'd be great if you could do more videos on the differences between types of bier (namely helles, pilsener, stout, etc).
Noted! We will look into doing some videos!
Czech lager is some of the best I've tasted. I don't just mean Plzen - Pilsner the Original. Bakalar Studeny Chmel, Bernard, Krusovice and Svijany Rytir.
Strange people think it's easy to make, I have been put off making a larger due to the complexity and difficulty.
In the States the battle is mostly between craft and mass produced. Most US beer drinkers don't know what a ale is?
Well hopefully the first part of this video can help that - by defining lager we left everything else out that is ale!
I do enjoy a good lager, especially a good pilsner. But I have to confess, there are some that might not fit the "good" category that I enjoy as well. I live in Florida and on one of our 90°F 95% RH days, I'll confess that what's referred to as an "island-style" lager is just great. They're light and crisp, low alcohol, maybe a tad under-malted, but they just hit the spot.
True! At the end of the day, the beer that hits the spot is the five star beer. It is only when you want to analyse that many fall down. That is why we dont judge people for drinking plain beer - although we want everyone to drink amazing, sustainable stuff
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Oh yeah, there's plenty of the amazing, sustainable stuff that trickles down my throat. We have some pretty good local breweries here that put out some pretty amazing beer, A current favorite is an APA by the name of "Reef Donkey" - named after a fish that puts up quite a battle.
Is there a major difference between a lager and an amber lager?
Well like we said lager is the family - amber lager it depends on where it is brewed! In Czech they have a tradition of christmas ambers - often very dry but with a caramel sweetness and tang. Then Vienna lagers tend to have a hint of roastiness - but the only difference there really is the different malts and potentially a little extra hop to balance the extra sweetness. The principals should remain the same.
You guys should call to cork Ireland some day some fine beers here ,Cork Ale trail 🍻🍺
Good cider to.(jonny jump up)
Czech beer is 90% lagar and is the best in the world. Sample beer from each city and every beer is completely different
I don't make lager cos i know it will turn out crap - so you guys are spot on!!
Weird question, but what is the name of that glass style? I've seen it in several real lager videos... but I can't find an example name for it.
Great video and great information. Luckily for me, there's a craft brewery near me that only makes Lagers. Jack's Abbey makes Harponius Union IPL. which is fantastic.
hoping to visit Jack's Abbey in a few weeks!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel hope to see you there
I'm not a fan of IPA's. Never have been. I love lagers. Blondes(Helles), Ambers or Darks, I love them all. I've been all over Germany and Czech Republic drinking some of the best beers in the world. I'm drinking some Augustiner right now. I'm a homebrewer in Massachusetts that only makes lagers. Excellent video on lagers Craft Beer Channel. More shows on lager, I say!!!!!! Prost!! I love Kolsch too.
You are from Ma you say? Just filmed a vid with Notch so more great lager content coming your way.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Love Notch! You should check out Jack's Abby in Framingham, They make mostly Lagers. Awesome!!! So many great ones. Bunker Brewing in Portland Maine makes an amazing Czech Pils. I love you guys!! I've learned so much from you. Keep up the excellent shows. I'm always watching!
Can you recommend a good UK craft lager? I've been looking for a while. Lost & Grounded maybe?
Well these guys are GREAT but also Lost and Grounded, Donzoko, Braybrook, and Thornbridge Lukas. DEYA's lagers are also pretty good.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel awesome, cheers!!
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We speak gospel.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel and absolute facts.
Maybe a good topic for a video...English Lagers. I have to assume there are some UK breweries making characterful pale lagers with UK malts, and UK hops. Are there some historical UK lager yeast strains? I thought this video might be the one but you talk about a beer with Saaz, and about German Pilsners, Kolsch, etc. I could see a lager with some Maris Otter in the grain bill and featuring EKG or newer English hops being a very nice beer. A search turned up Meantime Brewery as one potential.
You're gonna love the new collab between Budvar and Thornbridge!
Great video. Just one question. You've said Lager is not a style, but in BJCP there is a American Lager style. Wouldn't that be considered as a Lager style?
I dont really like the BJCP definitions for many styles but assuming it is a pale lager, short conditioned with rice? If so yeah that is def a form of the lager family but cant be said to represent all the different styles that fall under lager as a whole.
Nice video, but I only hear and read in the comments about good Lager from Germany and Czech Republic!
Not one time mentioned that Lager was invented in Vienna/Austria and we have here excellent beers and are number 2 in the world ranking of beer consumption in liters/year/person!
Haha fair comment. We went there a few months ago to track down some true Vienna Lager (not easy!) and to enjoy more than our body weight in Stiegl.
Subbed to this channel today too. Good video.
Thanks for subbing and welcome!
The problem with all these great lagers you guys love is they are only accessible if you're in Germany or the Czech Republic. I'm in London and lived in the USA before and that stuff just doesn't get exported out other than stuff like Paulaner or Pilsner Urquell which is better than Heineken or Coors but doesn't blow me away. So really, the only way you're going to convince me that lager is so great is either get those beers to me in London or the best craft breweries in the UK/ USA etc. better start making some lagers to compete with the best stuff in Germany and the Czech Republic but I'm not seeing either of those things happening.
Hey! First up, fair point. Sadly we arent ever gonna have a lager scene like Czech or Southern Germany as it isnt in our culture and takes centuries to build. But first, many lagers arent meant to blow minds. They are meant to sate, refresh and be wholesome. Like oven fresh bread, it is all you want for a while and then you have a fancy dinner another time. Second, we are just starting to get a great little scene - look up Braybrooke, Geipel, Donzoko, Bohem, Lost and Grounded. These guys are doing some amazing lagers that rival what you see in europe.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Sounds, good! I'll look out for them!
Good video...but £4.50 a pint in Manchester?
That is pretty standard from our experience! And good beer should cost more.
In general, I'd rather have a mediocre ale than a mediocre lager, but I'd rather have a great lager than a great ale. Because of how laid bare the ingredients are in a lager, I think that, when its great, there's a real magic in the simplicity, purity, and subtle flavors that can come together. But, for the same reasons, a bad/underwhelming lager doesn't give you anything to redeem it with - you know pretty quickly that it just isn't that good.
I live down south, are there any other lager festivals in the UK? (i.e. close to or in london?)
Afraid not that we know of. We Are Lager will be worth the trip though, especially as a bonus to a trip to Manchester which is a brilliant beer city.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel cheers guys for the info.
Yeh been before as my brother studied there , great city! If only the trains weren't so dear!
Travel after 10 and they get cheaper. A bit cheaper.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel i'll check it out. It's a problem with this country, the trains should be nationalised imho. At times, it can cost the same price as a return flight to Prague so might just go there instead for top notch lager ;) you have some good beer videos about the city!
We feel ya! Our flight to boston next week costs the same as a return to liverpool if booked on the day.
Hey great videos guys! Just had 1 question & 1 suggestion. Question; which is the best dark lager that you can find in UK? Preferably British made + one you can buy readily online. My favourite are Kozel & Kostrizer but sometimes hard to find in UK.
Suggestion; Could you guys do a video on dark lagers? which are also quite underrared & unappreciated (in UK anyway).
Well done for your channel! I've been watching your videos for years now & feel like I know you too haha I would love to meet you guys one day & I"ll be buying a t-shirt of your channel as soon as I can, keep up the good work!
Hey James - thanks for the kind words! Sadly dark lager is a tough think to find in the UK. I know some have been made by Lost and Grounded, Cotswold and Braybrook but none are regular or year round. I'll have to do some digging - perhaps Freedom has a year round version but their beers are pretty average.
Great video but id rather have a saison ale. I do enjoy Jacks Abby from time to time tho
4.50 a pint u think ill just stick with the spoons beer festival
And you'll have a great time! But supporting small, independent businesses producing ethical and delicious product is worth £4.50 to a lot of us. Shouldn't be judgement either way.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel ethical? Is slave labour common in spoons beers like haha I heard in stoke they use children to test if the Carling will make you blind
People watching this possibly know those facts but very good video. I am from Argentina and 4,5 pounds is a great amount of money here... for a beer (40%, 50%
It is here in the UK as well mate
34/70 forever.
If you think lager is one of the better kinds of beer, why do you hardly ever drink them on the channel?
Nathan Trout They made a few great videos on Munich Lagers.
Huh? We do! We worry we do it too much. Picked a lager brewery in our big in 2019, visited the Czech Rep in november and did three films on that scene, done 3 films about pilsner urquell, done two german lager festival videos, did where to drink lager in munich, visited the brewer of the best lager in the world in the middle of nowhere, did a profile on Lost and Grounded weeks after they opened, and going to Notch in Salem, MA next week!
Oh and we went to oktoberfest in China...
@@TheCraftBeerChannel : Just a suggestion. You might want to check out Arches Brewing in Atlanta, GA. They are a relatively small microbrewery and they decided to concentrate on lagers, rather than the current IPA craze. I've been home brewing since 1992 and several of their lagers are as good as any I have tasted.
British pouring beer correctly? Wow...go teach James May how its done.
We apologise for that man. He does not represent British beer. Or hairstyles. Or shirts.
One of your better videos in the recent times! Keep up the good work.
well thanks....I think!
Beer isn't the all covering term. It's beer (bier) and ale, that's the two different drinks.
Perhaps in the 1950s. Nomenclature moves on.
Lagers are fantastic. It's all I've been wanting to brew (homebrew) and drink lately. I've got two homebrew lagers on tap in my house currently, a Czech Pilsner and an IPL. I do hate how big beer has kinda ruined the lager or what people think of as lager, especially here in the US.
Lager is a perfect example of capitalist pressure at its worst - focusing on higher yield, higher margin, faster production, milder flavour to wider appeal etc. Not to say capitalism ruins everything, but it certainly has the potential to!
Who says lagers are easy to make? Certainly not homebrewers as it requires a ton of extra equipment
Sadly lots of people! I think people equate balance and nuance with lack of process or ingredients.
£4.50 a pint... £4 effing 50!!! i can get a pint and half for that... not going to that place for a pint
Good beer costs money and time. We have been mislead for years by macro breweries using shortcuts and anti-competitive pricing to drive down costs and quality.
Also, most of the cost of beer is tax.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel yes and no, what seems to really affect beer prices is location, I don't live in or that near to a city. It's almost impossible to find any pint over £4
@@MrTrilbe Location certainly has something to do with it, but location costs is 100% to business rates. So it's still tax causing the rise.
Hate lager. LOL I have better luck with Kolsh which as you know, is lagered.
What do you dislike? Like we said it is just a yeast and a process. You can get ones that taste of chocolate, or caramel, or crackers, or lemon, or nuts, or butter, or raisins. So much variation!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I guess my answer is: almost all the lagered beers I have tried. The flat, almost metallic taste of the sugars leaves me cold. But I'm sure that in time, there will be plenty of lagered ales that make me smile. Such is the new era of beer.
There shouldn't be any sugars really! Most are bone dry - and metallic flavours come from oxidation so perhaps you've been forcing down some bad ones. Still, this era of new beer will put one or two greats in front of you eventually!
lager
Correct lagering time and use of German brewing equipment and lengths gone to adhere to traditional German techniques are the factors I use to rate a craft lager but personally I'd never drink it, too bland for my IPA trained taste buds.
In our experience a lager phase will come around! Palates get tired and numb to the same thing over and over.
No such drink as 'Lager' .. a very misused word !!!
Sure...that is very much the point we make. It is a yeast and a process with substyles beneath.
Lager is for children.
No, pastry stout is. But both kinds of beer are a lot of fun.
Kolsch is not lager
No, but it is lagered and defies all other categories.
As much as people like to categorize things the reality is that the lines between beer styles can be a bit blurry. As much as Kölsch is technically a blonde ale, it is closer to Lager in flavor.
@@MaaZeus what he/she said!
Shitty lagers are easy to make, good ones are not 🍻
ended it when they said they like Pilsner Urquell
Only the unpasteurised tank stuff. If you haven't had it, it truly is one of the world's great beers. All other formats are only a shadow of it.
Pilsner Urquell is my desert island beer (i.e my favourite beer). If you haven`t been to Czech and tried the real Pilsner Urquell then you really can`t talk shit about it. They made a beer so good it INVENTED a style.
Well you’re not busting the myth about over expensive craft beer. £4.50 are fucking kidding?
That's because it isn't a myth. Great, small batch lager costs money to make.
The Craft Beer Channel ah would ya stop. I brew beer. I know the costs involved in particular for a lager. It does not equate to anything remotely close to £4.50 a pint. No matter what way you look at that price there is a huge mark up for the seller. Huge.
@@murphyebass7837 If you can put a lager to market that retails at less than that, when your volumes are under 1000HL....then I won't be trusting your lager. You will have compromised on ingredients, equipment, tank time, shelf-life, and probably ABV too for tax reasons.
The Craft Beer Channel I’m not here to argue. Enjoy your content but I think you’re being very disingenuous with your evaluation of the cost of brewing. £4.50 is double ipa territory, not lager.
@@murphyebass7837 Not arguing either! Open discussion is important. But having worked in beer distribution, seeing costs throughout the production and supply chain, I can assure you that in the on-trade £4.50 is a fair price for a good, small batch lager - and a phenomenal one for a pint of 8% DIPA. I mean that price would barely cover the tax.
Damn, I don't care much about "propper" tapping of a pint, but for the love of all that's holy, keep that tap out of your glass/beer.
Djeezes fek. Disgusting.
It is a bit of a myth that taps shouldn't touch the beer. If properly cleaned it is broadly the same as what is happening inside the pipes! In fact, in the Czech Republic where tapsters are properly trained and well respected in the trade, you wont find anyone pouring without submerging the tap.
The lager, the greatest liquid on earth? That’s your conclusion after so many impressive and in depth videos about great beers. You are jokers….
Correction, the Czech style Pilsner - lager is not a style. And why not? Why is Pilsner seen as less worthy than any other style, just because the big guys watered it down?
With all the respect to you as this channel is an amazing place to learn about beer. Your knowledge is outstanding. I was only commenting about the presentation of the video when it is said that lager is the greatest liquid on earth. I am sorry, it is not. The Czech style Pilsner is a boring and bland ( yes, bland) style compared to Belgian ales and sours, stouts / porters and all the varieties of wheat beer for example. Just me and thanks for all you do.
Normally worth watching...but you are over-selling lager, hence undermining your credibility I'm afraid. The fact it is an advert is not an excuse. Sorry!
That's cool David, when we make ads we try to make them editorially valid too but if it didn't hit the mark we apologise. That said, I PROMISE we are not overselling our love of lager. If you look back at our unsponsored lager content, we say the same things.