TOO strong maybe not TOO good?

Let the love of beer return you to the capacity of enjoying beers that don't club you with big dumb American strength. Your liver and waist will love you for it too.

 

You don't have to go to the most unrecognizable lager to find flavor. You just need an appreciation for more subtle but equally complex nuances.

 

I like to keep it mixed up although I have been on a serious Imperial this and that kick lately. (Hey, good name for a beer.)

 

Possibly one of the most ignorant things I've ever read.

 

There's a beer styles guide you can refer to on the beer page. I use it sometimes to check which beers are ales and which are lagers.

I do love a good Baltic Porter, Cheers.

 

I till think most guys even BA guys still equate lagers to BMC style lager. Dortmunder Gold is wonderfully flavorful, hell even a simple Sunshine Pils has a ton of flavor. Lagers don't have to be boring, but a great lager is better than a poorly done mediocre IPA.

 

Lagers are tasteless and ales are vulgar and those styles that draw from both methods, like alts and steam beers, enjoy farting in church.

I love them nonetheless.

But Seriously: when people say lagers (or lower-abv beers) are flavorless they're actually saying that they don't have the BOLD FLAVORS preached by the likes of Guy Fieri. Bold flavors are great. Not-bold flavors are great too.

 

I love the big bold barrel aged stuff. But sometimes "I just feel like a beer" and a lower abv mild brew is just fine.

 

Most beer geeks go through a phase when they want their palates obliterated. Some never make it out. Others like to get their palates obliterated every so often, but also appreciate the subtleties of less intense styles. Personally, I have found myself reaching for more subtle styles as I get more into home brewing. I find myself having more of an appreciation for balance and subtle flavors.

 

I had the same issue as the OP. I find that British ales are a great way to enjoy moderate ABV beers. Wonderful flavors in there. St. Peters, Old Hooky (Hook Norton), and of course Sam Smiths make some really flovorful stuff at moderate ABVs. If it's IPAs you want, I really like Lagunitas IPA in the warmer months. Victory Prima Pils is a great pilsner.

BTW, pilsner is a type of lager.

 

I think you're giving people too much credit. The people that are saying lagers or low ABV beers are flavorless are the same people that put hot sauce on their well crafted meal at a restaurant.

 

A good beer can be complex with a bewildering array of flavors, or a beer can have excellent FLAVOR of just a couple or a few well balanced elements. More does not equal better. It seems like some people confuse more flavors with "better" flavor.

 

Wait, what, how?

 

Well yea a pilsner is a lager, but the post implied that lager is a pilsner. I'm simply correcting that (although I understand that when people say lager they're usually referring to pale lager)

 

I prefer beers between 5-8% for regular consumption. I'll get brews above 8% from time to time, but they aren't a regular thing for me. That might also be because the higher ones tend to be more expensive, so I'm less inclined to buy them regularly.

 

That's your opinion

 

If you can honestly tell me that Short's Black Licorice Lager, Ayinger Celebrator/Maibock/Oktober Fest-Marzen, Samichlaus Classic, Schlenkerla Eiche/Marzen/Urbok/Helles, GL Dortmunder/Oktoberfest/Eliot Ness, Kuhnhenn Raspberry/Blueberry Eisbock, Prima Pils, etc. are "tasteless", then you are either lying or misusing the word "lager".

 

No, the post said very clearly that pilsner = lager not lager = pilsner.

 

I went in the reverse direction as well, initially focusing entirely on bigger ABV beers, mainly Imperial stouts. Now I am a sour man through and through and couldn't be more content with my beer choices, although I will certainly not say no to a KBS once a year.

 

I drink everything from The Beast to Imperial stouts. I like the way beer tastes. When I wanna get fucked up, I drink cheap vodka.