Eclipse di Luna Tasting

Rosés Around the World

May 15, 2012 - 6:00 - 7:00 pm

American Lager

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This is basically the main style of beer in America. It is a mass produced, inexpensive product that’s aimed at the broadest possible demographic. Since it is very watery and has little flavor characteristics, it is the least likely to offend a large number of consumers. In the health craze of the 70’s brewers started offering Light Beer. Light Beer is simply an American Lager with an even lower gravity. American Lagers achieve a low gravity by adding corn or rice syrup which is highly fermentable. This means that a higher percentage of sugars ferment into alcohol leaving behind less flavor.

OG (Original Gravity): 1.040–1.046
FG (Finished Gravity): 1.006–1.010
IBU’s (International Bittering Units): 5-17
SRM (Standard Reference Method): 2-4
Alcohol (% by volume): 3.5-4.5
Examples: Anheuser Busch’s Budweiser, Coors Brewing Co’s Coors Light