Fav American Amber / Red Lager

Not really a red, but a delicious amber; Yuengling Traditional Lager

 

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Also, I'd include Vienna lagers as ambers even though the brewing process is very specific for Viennas. Great Lakes Eliot Ness is the very best Vienna lager I've had and worth a try.

 

Give Troëgs Hopback Amber a try. It will be a bit more hop forward(hence the name) but deliciously smooth!

 

Brooklyn Lager malty hoppy and easy to drink and find.

 

Sam Adams Boston Lager and Brooklyn Lager are classic examples and still tasty beers.
AC Golden's Colorado Native is similar, but a bit hoppier.
It's old school, but I still like Ornery Amber from Tommyknocker, too.

 

Yuengling for the Amber Lager win! I've got a sixer awaiting this weekend!

 

That's true,no reason not to include Viennas

 

Love the beer, but an amber ale is a completely different beast than an amber lager.

 

Brooklyn Lager is the only amber lager that comes to mind.

 

Boston Lager is a given. A more obscure pick would be Full Sail Brewing's LTD series Amber Lager. The whole LTD (limited edition lager) series was pretty damn solid across the board, and included a German Pils, Marzen, Euro Dark Lager, and Maibock among others. I really wish it wasn't limited. I'm sure they'll brew more of it in the future but it looks like it's done for now.

Also, while I generally avoid Inbev products on principle, I'm not opposed to an occasional Negra Modelo while at a restaurant - it's a pretty solid beer.

In my distro, there is an unfortunate lack of good amber lagers, including most of what people in this thread have already named: Troegs, Brooklyn, Great Lakes, and Yuengling.

 

I'm from Pittsburgh so of course Yuengling, my fav when I can get it is Fat Tire, and my fav fall seasonal is Nosferatu

 

I agree on the Full Sail Amber.

 

Fat Tire's technically an ale - but it has a malty richness that would probably appeal to amber lager fans, too. It was inspired by Palm and De Koninck, so you'd probably enjoy those as well. Palm especially - it's yeast is very muted and it tastes lager-like to me.

Not a huge stretch to recommend dark lagers, too. Those can range from German dunkels and Czech tmave pivo to American bocks and Mexican dark lagers.

 

Add another one for Yuengling.

 

August Schell's Grain Belt Nordeast and Blue Point's Toasted Lager are my favorites.