Everyday Lagers

Most of my favorite lagers (Bavarian) show up in shaky shape. Hofbrau is in green bottles, Weihenstephaner has a weird dating system, Ayinger's dunkel isn't super common, Mahr's distro is spotty, Augustiner arrives old, etc.
As a result, I usually go with Paulaner and H-P. They're clearly dated and show up in good condition since the distributor is local.
If I had my druthers my two go-to lagers would be Augustiner Hell and Keesmann Herren Pils, but alas they're both German-only.
Bill Eye (formerly of Prost) is opening a new place in Denver very soon which will hopefully take care of this problem.

 

I have to agree, lagers seem to be a fairly under appreciated style in today's age of IPA's and Barrel Aged everything. A good lager is still my most common go to and something that is so versatile and easy to drink, that it can fit almost any situation. The subtlety is where they really shine. It doesn't get much better than a cold, crisp, clean lager.

A few of my regulars are:

Urban Chestnut Zwickel
Weihenstephaner Original
Bell's Lager of the Lakes
New Belgium Shift Pale Lager
Sam Adams Boston Lager

A couple that would easily be a regular in my fridge, if they were available in my area:

Great Lakes Eliot Ness (This was a revelation. Such a great lager)
Yuengling Traditional Lager

 

I was just about to say this but the poster above beat me.

I had Boston Lager for the first time a couple weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised. Not my favorite beer, but one I would enjoy if I had it.

 

I drink the crap out of Surly Hell in the summer.

 

Notch Pils all the time and a variety of Jack's Abby brews most of the time and Jever with some frequency.

 

In constant rotation in my fridge:
Sixpoint The Crisp
Neshaminy Creek Churchville Lager
Sly Fox Helles Golden Lager
Great Lakes Eliot Ness
Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
DAB Original

I would also include these if I could get my hands on them more:
Stoudts Pils
Victory Braumeister Pils

 

lots of Jack's Abby beers, but that is because they are located 10 minutes from my house.

 

Prima Pils

 

Marble Pilsner (a no-brainer in Albuquerque)
New Belgium Shift
Trumer Pils (when in California)
Anchor Steam

 

I've fallen in love with lagers over the past couple years, and here are the ones I buy the most (excluding OFests as they are my favorite style of beer and I could list about 8 of them on here):

• Sierra Nevada Nooner
• Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
• Sixpoint the Crisp
• Sierra Nevada Summerfest (when in season)

Hopefully more and more breweries will start making lagers. Nothing more refreshing than a well-made lager.

 

Lprd Chesterfield Ale is also available in cans; that is the preferred format if you can find it.

Cheers!

 

I third Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager. OP rated Eliot Ness fairly well, so this would suggest that Vienna Lager (they really need to give it a unique name...) would be greatly enjoyed as well.

 

Year round lagers found in my fridge this year:
Atwater Purple Gang Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner
Bell's Lager of the Lakes
Rochester Mills Lazy Daze Amber

Seasonals include: (many fests!)
SN Summerfest
SN Octoberfest
Atwater Bloktoberfest

I also like Kolsch style...

 

Anchor California Lager and Steam Beer
Brooklyn Lager and Pilsner
Victory Prima Pils
Great Lakes Eliot Ness & Dortmunder
Nooner
SABl
Sixpoint the Crisp and the list goes on.

 

Add another Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner guy to the list. I think the Germans do it better but I can't get fresh 12 can packs of Weihenstephaner for ~$15 and Nooner is damn tasty. So the actual German lagers are on rotation but aren't everyday beers for me.

 

Weihenstephaner Original

 

Humulus lager from the Bruery. Can have it everyday. Hands down.

 

I am not an everyday lager drinker but Yuengling IPL would make my list if I was.

 

Sixpoint The Crisp