Barrel Aged Lagers?

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  1. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    Harviestoun have one called Orach Slie. It's not very good imo
     
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  2. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Barrel "aged" lagers are definitely delicious.

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    #22 herrburgess, Oct 14, 2014
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  3. OneDropSoup

    OneDropSoup Pooh-Bah (2,213) Dec 9, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    I think Weizenbocks are fermented with a weizen yeast, which would technically make them ales, right?
     
    #23 OneDropSoup, Oct 14, 2014
  4. Dope

    Dope Pooh-Bah (2,925) Oct 5, 2010 Massachusetts
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    You know, I was going to post that exact beer. It's really quite good. But apparently Weizenbocks are not lagers. My whole life is a lie!

    http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/Weizenbock.html

    Dope
     
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  5. Bieradvocate

    Bieradvocate Initiate (0) Jun 18, 2014 California

    had Karl Strauss's bourbon barrel aged doppelbock last year. It tasted more like bourbon than anything else
     
    #25 Bieradvocate, Oct 14, 2014
  6. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
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    Got one in a trade and it was barrel aged.
     
    #26 BMBCLT, Oct 14, 2014
  7. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Learn something new about beer every day. Thanks!
     
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  8. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,044) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica

    A fair chunk of Baltic porters are bottom-fermented, so if that's your criteria for "lager" then yes.

    In American parlance, they are "ales" due to the presence of top-fermenting yeast. If at any point in the process they go through lagering, they would be considered lagerbier in Germany, regardless of the yeast used.
     
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  9. mmmbirra

    mmmbirra Pundit (877) Apr 19, 2009 Italy

    Ever been to Germany or the Czech Republic? :wink:
     
    #29 mmmbirra, Oct 14, 2014
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  10. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    Thank you for clearing that up for me guys. Just had NG Imperial Weizen the other night, saw that it was listed as a doppelbock and went "I can't believe this is a lager!" But apparently it's not.
     
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  11. Handle

    Handle Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2009 North Carolina

    The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery in Charlotte, NC has thrown many of their lagers into bourbon barrels, and not just the higher gravity ones. Off the top of my head, they've done this with their Märzen, Früh Bock, Dunkel, Yule Bock (a doppelbock) and Anniversary Alt (Sticke Alt).

    Of the ones I've had, the bourbon has actually been fairly subtle -- though I imagine it would be very easy to go overboard with some of these lagers as opposed to porters and stouts. I've really enjoyed them.

    They also do a really great Baltic porter, and next year they will release bottles of a bourbon barrel-aged version of that for the first time.
     
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  12. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    I have not I was speaking of america specifically. However I will be visiting some family friends in Germany once I have enough money saved so that will soon be changin.
     
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  13. Will_Edgar

    Will_Edgar Zealot (704) Oct 23, 2013 Iowa
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    Barrel-Aged PBR from Japan...:sunglasses:
     
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  14. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    Iso
     
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  15. richobrien

    richobrien Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2013 California

    Second this! They are pumping put some pretty amazing BA Lagers and their non-BA product is great too.
     
    #35 richobrien, Oct 15, 2014
  16. SaisonRichBiere

    SaisonRichBiere Pooh-Bah (2,033) Mar 23, 2011 Michigan
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    Wolverine Brewing in Ann Arbor, MI only brews lagers, and they do some great stuff. I haven't tried it yet, but some friends of mine who tried the Massacre BA Dark Lager said that it was on par with some of the thinner BA stouts or porters out there.
     
    #36 SaisonRichBiere, Oct 15, 2014
  17. MSmooth

    MSmooth Aspirant (273) Sep 28, 2006 Colorado

    This is true.
     
    #37 MSmooth, Oct 15, 2014
  18. TrojanHopHead

    TrojanHopHead Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 California

    Blondibock
     
    #38 TrojanHopHead, Oct 15, 2014
  19. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    No, it makes them top-fermented which doesn't immediately equate to ale. Ask a Weizen brewer if he brews an Ale and I'm sure he'll look at you sideways.

    But you're right, they aren't Lagers either.
     
    #39 steveh, Oct 15, 2014
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  20. sukwonee

    sukwonee Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2011 Washington

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