Fav American Amber / Red Lager

I think @zid made his comment because all the choices you suggested to the OP were ales, not lagers, suggesting that your grasp of what a good lager is may be on shaky ground. Just my two cents....

In general, it seem as if many folks are ignoring the fact that the OP is looking for lager recommendations. Though I suppose in the lager-blind world of beeradvocate, this is to be expected, ha ha.

 

Jesse, I actually composed a post mentioning the ale vs. lager thing but I deleted it; I figured folks just weren't concerned about the distinction.

Cheers!

Jack

 

I gotta add Schell's FireBrick to your list, great stuff!!

 

Abita Amber and Rooney's Old Irish Ale

 

Millstream Schild Brau Amber. Best Amber lager I've had

 

Nugget Nectar, Zoe, Nosferatu, Blazing World, Tocobaga... NOT LAGERS!!

I think Flying Dog's Old Scratch is pretty good, certainly preferable to Yuengling.

 

This thread makes me miss Sierra Nevada's Vienna lager. Hopefully they bring it back.

Other than that - Jack's Abby "Red Tape"

And for a hoppy version - definitely Clown Shoes "swagger"

 

Tommyknocker's Ornery Amber is probably not my favorite. Cannot say I drink a lot of this style though.

 

Bell's Amber, perfectly balanced, I forget sometimes how much I like it.

 

Really dig Griffin Claw's El Rojo

 

Local favorite San Tan Epicenter solid malt forward amber ale easy drinking and goes great with some wings

 

I think y'all missed the Lager portion of the OP.

 

Not that I'll have it around much longer but Levitation is my favorite. Next up that I can still get is Calico Copper from Ballast Point (year round) and Nugget Nectar. I also really loved County St. Amber from Original Gravity in Milan, MI but I'm nowhere near there and can't get it regularly.

 

Port Shark Attack Red

 

Yuengling would be fairly close.

For a lot of the amber/red ales that people are suggesting - no, most have much more hop flavor.

 

I'm not, because it's not a lager.