What's the best lager from your state?

Schell's Firebrick is probably my pick. It's a really solid Vienna lager

 

Great Lakes' Dortmunder, Elliot Ness, and The Wright Pils are all quite excellent ones indeed!

Eric

 

My vote goes to Schell's Cave Aged Barrel Aged Lager, with 2009 Snowstorm a close second. Sadly, both are retired. I'm not always a Schell's fanboy, but those were fantastic.

 

Buy yourself a sixer of Bell's Consecrator Dopplebock. It's a seasonal but it's on sale right now. Drink one or two of them now to see what they are fresh. Cellar the others and try them a year from now. This is a fantastic lager.

 

Defying the true intentions of Lagers and siding with the blasphemous Barrel Aged Troegenator.

 

fordham Helles Lager

 

Right now for really well done lagers there is saranac's bavarian pils (saranac makes lagers, often) and southern tier's where the helles summer.

 

My favorite is Metropolitan Heliostat.

 

Smuttynose East Coast Common... for as long as it's available.

 

Anything by schells

 

Slim pickings in Ohio. Only 2 that I can think of that are very good...

Columbus Brewing Summer Teeth
GL Elliot Ness

 

That's fine because the true intention of lagering is barrel aging.

 

I'll vote for

Khoffner Brewing Maibock or Pilsner
Funky Buddha Undbecks Oktoberfest

I think Yuengling also had/has a plant in Tampa

 

Free State recently came out with Frost Flower which I found to be quite tasty.

 

Shorts MMMkay

 

I don't have an opinion on best, but my favorite is Southampton Keller Pils - brewed in NY and possibly PA too.

 

It's hard to argue with that. I would give 2ond place to River Horse Unfiltered Lager.

 

Duck Rabbit Dopplebock

 

Boulevard Bob's 47 Oktoberfest

 

Karbach Zee Pils or Live Oak Pilz

 

Two Roads Ol Factory Pils.

 

I enjoy Coop Ale Works Oktoberfest. A lot of people like Marshall Brewing's Old Pavilion Pils, it didn't really float my boat.

In neighboring Arkansas, Lost Forty Brewing's Pils is pretty good.

No one will confuse this are with PA or Wisconsin to be sure.

 

Glad to see Schell's already mentioned here. I would put all their lagers up there. One Five Five, Pllsner, Firebrick and Dark.

 

What's a lager?

 

This thread will surely have the least replies of all of the "What's the best X?" because half of BAs don't drink any lagers at all.

For New Mexico, Marble Pils is awesome but La Cumbre really does some of the best lagers. They'll soon be canning BEER, which is long overdue. Plus, their Vienna, Marzen and Oktoberfest "series" is pretty damn good. They also have made a wonderful helles or two over the years.

BUT, I think the best lager in the state and one I hope becomes a permanent fixture is Bosque's Simcoe Pils. A damn work of art. I love it.

 

Olde Mecklenberg Dunkel, Capt Jack Pilsner, or Mecktoberfest. All 3 are just fantastic.

 

I live is Charlotte, and personally don't enjoy any of those beers. I know their all high quality products and probably all very true to style- but they're just so damn boring.

Although, Mecktoberfest is pretty tasty fall beer!

 

JA Hoponius Union

 

Jack's Abby "house lager"

 

Trying to pick a favorite made me realize how few good lagers are brewed in New Jersey. Luckily, Pennsylvania is right next door.

 

Karbach's Sympathy for the Lager

 

For Kansas, Free State Garden Party.

 

Great question! No one represented my state yet. Go figure!

Ol' Republic (anything), but my pick is their California Common / Frontier Amber. Same beer different format.

 

Victory Brandywine Creek Lager and Penns Gold.

Stoudts Gold is also great but not attentuated enough.

 

If you are drinking the bottled versions then those are PA brewed.

Cheers!

 

When was the last time you drank that beer?

Cheers!

 

I prefer Dragoon Monsooner (Dortmunder), with an extra shout out to Huss Rise of the Rio (Schwarzbier). Wish I would see more Pils/Bocks produced in my state.

 

My favorite is Mankato Kato Lager...love that beer.

 

My favorite is their Kolsch, but for Washington I'd say the best Lager is Chuckanut Pilsner.

 

Snake River Lager.