Czech Dark Lager (2024)

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  1. Reidrover

    Reidrover Grand Pooh-Bah (4,886) Jan 14, 2003 Oregon
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    I am really enjoying a Buoy Czech Dark lager right now, after enjoying a few more from Oregon breweries.
    Loving this a tasty dark beer with low alcohol. What could be better?
    Seems to be a new trend up here in Gods Own Hop Country, is this happening anywhere else in The States?
     
    #1 Reidrover, Mar 18, 2023
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  2. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    I don't know about your side of the Pacific, but you'd need to drive a long, long way to find a brewer doing a Czech dark lager here in Oz.

    Cheers!
     
    #2 AzfromOz, Mar 18, 2023
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  3. Reidrover

    Reidrover Grand Pooh-Bah (4,886) Jan 14, 2003 Oregon
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    It's a thing that just started last year. And I am loving it. We got some really excellent lager brewers here in Oregon and Washington. I like to think of it as the anti-hazy resistance movement .Haha
     
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  4. Reidrover

    Reidrover Grand Pooh-Bah (4,886) Jan 14, 2003 Oregon
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  5. AzfromOz

    AzfromOz Grand Pooh-Bah (3,225) Aug 22, 2020 Australia
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    #5 AzfromOz, Mar 18, 2023
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  6. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Czech Dark Lager was one of the last two styles I need in order to re-obtain my all-styles goal after BA added a half-dozen new styles last year. I initially had a problem finding it, then found two examples this last Sunday; one from Shiner and one from Fair State. I had the regional Fair State Eleven Degrees, and it was pretty good. It's not a style I'll hunt down again, but it's decent. Now I just need to find the elusive Czech Amber Lager.

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  7. jonphisher

    jonphisher Grand Pooh-Bah (3,850) Aug 9, 2015 New Jersey
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    Yup out here it is too…I jokingly said that this was the winter of czech dark lager for NBW. There was multiple weekends with plenty of them from all over.
     
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  8. Reidrover

    Reidrover Grand Pooh-Bah (4,886) Jan 14, 2003 Oregon
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    I actively seek them out always been a favorite. Overjoyed to not be buying year old imports!
     
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  9. Gatch

    Gatch Pooh-Bah (2,973) Nov 29, 2006 Massachusetts
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    I’ve noticed this trend, as well. And I’m here for it! European lagers, and specific niches like Czech lagers, are becoming more popular each year. They offer massive flavor without being heavy. I was in Prague a few months ago and fell back in love with these styles. Looks like pFriem is a good option near you in Oregon. I’d say the breweries in the US making the best German/Czech styles are…

    Schilling (NH)
    Cohesion (CO)
    Bierstadt (CO)
    Live Oak (TX)
    Suarez Family (NY)
     
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  10. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,652) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    Seeing lots in New England and I am very grateful. Treehouse, Notch, OEC, Fox Farm, and Schilling have all done one, if I remember correctly. Keep ‘em coming!
     
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  11. Rocktire

    Rocktire Zealot (748) Jan 15, 2017 New York
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    Frequentum in Cananadaigua, NY had a very good one out a few months back.
     
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  12. Jow13

    Jow13 Devotee (353) Apr 5, 2016 Massachusetts
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    In addition Jacks Abby currently has Bohemian Dusk out and Widowmaker and Von Trapp recent nice examples as well. New England lagers have been popping for few years now
     
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  13. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,701) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
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    Nice point. I personally love Dunkels and there aren't many available. These beers are so drinkable and roasty, and pretty in the glass. All sorts of satisfactions! The best beer I've ever had was a dark lager in modern day Croatia (then Yugoslavia). I can still taste that beer from 1970.
     
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  14. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    The first ones showed up in Chicagoland about a year, year and a half ago - THANK YOU Dovetail for kicking that trend off. Now we've got a ton of them showing up from local brewers and out of state brewers. It's easily my favorite style so, I'm basking in it while it lasts.
     
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  15. cid71

    cid71 Zealot (614) Mar 2, 2009 New Jersey
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    I too am a fan of the dark lagers but find I like the Czech better than the German schwarzbier.. although I think some brewers throw the style names around and will also mix in Dunkels to the list. I think there are distinctions but the lines get blurred in the naming conventions
     
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  16. gyorgymarlowe

    gyorgymarlowe Zealot (662) Aug 24, 2019 Colorado
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    Not sure if it's Czech or German, but Nothing Is Certain is delicious. Any dark lager fan will love it.

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    #16 gyorgymarlowe, Mar 18, 2023
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  17. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Yes, I am a fan though only 2 of the 6 I've tried were available locally.

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  18. DavyJonesXXX

    DavyJonesXXX Pooh-Bah (2,848) Aug 6, 2021 Texas
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    3 of my favorite DFW breweries brews solid dark lagers so it's happening here. Im a big fan of lagers so I'm all for the resurgence in Euro lagers of all sorts.
     
    #18 DavyJonesXXX, Mar 18, 2023
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  19. swid

    swid Pooh-Bah (1,834) Jun 5, 2004 Missouri
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    Locally, Alma Mader has their Czech dark lager - Contextual - back on tap. The slow pour really draws out the roastiness in the malt.

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  20. NorsemanOne

    NorsemanOne Pooh-Bah (2,331) Sep 17, 2021 Utah
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    I get a few locally here that I quite enjoy.

    Bohemian makes one as well as Strap Tank
     
    #20 NorsemanOne, Mar 18, 2023
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