Favorite American Adjunct Lager

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  1. Derranged

    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    Narragansett
    Coors Batch 19
    Schlitz Gusto 1960s Formula)
    Miller High Life
     
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  2. nicholas2121

    nicholas2121 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,655) Sep 29, 2008 Ohio
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    Budweiser
     
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  3. beerkim

    beerkim Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2012 Pennsylvania

    molsen dry because a pitcher of this helps wash down my hearty breakfasts.
     
  4. ChestSplitter

    ChestSplitter Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 Mississippi

    circa 1984, Jim's Party Store in Durham, NC sold Lone Star Light for $4.99/24pk. Still the ultimate in college economics.

    Best AAL indoors at a bar? Coors Banquet
    Best outdoors in the hot sun? Corona
     
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  5. dradair

    dradair Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2014 Missouri

    PBR and Rolling Rock
     
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  6. TotallyGomer

    TotallyGomer Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2014 California

    I'd have to go with PBR. That and Rolling Rock, the only American Adjunct Lagers that don't seem to make me regret it the next day.
     
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  7. 57md

    57md Grand Pooh-Bah (3,009) Aug 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    MGD

    I don’t really count Straub, Lionshead or Yuengling as AALs

    PBR is too trendy for me. I can’t touch it since I saw a table full of wanna-be hipsters drinking tall boy cans at a reasonably swanky restaurant.
     
  8. cyrushire

    cyrushire Initiate (0) May 25, 2012 Florida

    Hamm's or Rainier
     
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  9. ZAP

    ZAP Grand Pooh-Bah (3,964) Dec 1, 2001 Minnesota
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    Any idea what year this is from......seems 80'sish....
     
  10. Anyportinastorm

    Anyportinastorm Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2009 Oregon

    Rainier for life. Green Death again if my wife leaves me.
     
  11. Anyportinastorm

    Anyportinastorm Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2009 Oregon

    It's usually pretty applicable. We've all been there anyway.
     
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  12. tviz33

    tviz33 Initiate (0) Jul 25, 2012 New York

    If Yuengling counts, then Yuengling. If not, then Miller High Life for sho.
     
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  13. ChangSing

    ChangSing Zealot (640) May 5, 2013 Illinois
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    It's from 2013. The model is Cory Rist. As a side note, she was one of the more famous people hooking up with Tiger Woods 5 or 6 years ago.
     
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  14. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    What are they then? It's pretty clear that both Straub Beer (now called "American Lager") and Lionshead are traditional US adjunct lagers, and in the case of Yuengling, their former flagship, Yuengling Premium, is as well.

    Yuengling Traditional Lager was created in the late 1980s, clearly influenced by the success of some craft beers, and is usually considered an American amber beer.
     
  15. Vogt52

    Vogt52 Initiate (0) May 25, 2014 Maryland

    If Yuengling counts, definitely that. If not, lions head or Miller
     
  16. Inglewood

    Inglewood Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Illinois

    Special Export for sure
     
  17. vonnerbeer

    vonnerbeer Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2010 Massachusetts

    Narragansett
     
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  18. 57md

    57md Grand Pooh-Bah (3,009) Aug 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    I think that pilsner or American pale lager is more accurate.

    To me, AAL = mass produced by big brewing conglomerates.

    Straub, Lion and Yuengling are much closer to micro-breweries than macro-breweries.
     
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  19. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    On this site, "American Pale Lagers" are, by definition, all-malt and those three beers are traditional US-type lagers that use corn or rice as an adjunct (a third or more of the grain bill).

    Nor are they hopped at a level that would fit either definition of "Pilsener" (Czech or German) on this site.

    That's sort of true as far as the size of their brewing facilitates go - although Yuengling runs two breweries with capacities over 1 million bbl/yr - not particularly close to the Brewers Assoc. "microbrewery" definition limit of "under 15,000 bbl." Their Florida brewery was previously operated by the decidedly "macro" brewing companies Schlitz, Stroh and Pabst. And even The Lion's capacity of 300-500k puts it well beyond a "microbrewery".

    But the term "American Adjunct Lager" in no way implies the size of the brewery where the beer was brewed - a 5 gallon batch of homebrew can be an AAL. I can see one objecting to calling those beers "macro beers" or "BMC brews" but "AAL"? They are American lagers brewed with adjuncts.
     
  20. John9059

    John9059 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2014 Kentucky

    Hello you guys. New to the site. As you can see from my profile picture its the high life. I also like Miller Lite. Why? Because they are good to me at least, and Apparently have won gold medals for best light lager and best american style lager. I saw that.
     
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