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A typical pale lager - Würzburger Hofbräu
A typical pale lager - Würzburger Hofbräu

Pale lager is a very pale to golden-coloured beer with a well attenuated body and noble hop bitterness. Gold, also called golden, is a Yellowish orange Color which is a representation of the color of the element Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea Hops are the female Flower cones of the hop plant ( Humulus lupulus) The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid 1800s when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brewing techniques back to the Spaten Brewery in Germany and applied it to existing lagering brewing methods. Pale ale is a term used to describe a variety of Beers which use Ale yeast and predominantly pale Malts It is widely considered to be one of the major Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This approach was picked up by other brewers, most notably Josef Groll who produced Pilsner Urquell. Josef Groll (born in Vilshofen on 21 August 1813, died in Vilshofen on 22 October 1887) was a Bavarian Brewer This article is for the beer for the brewery that produces it see Plzeňský Prazdroj Pilsner Urquell (international title in German The resulting pale coloured, lean and stable beers were very successful and gradually spread around the globe to become the most common form of beer consumed in the world today.

The main elements of the lagering method used by Sedlmayr and Groll are still used today, and depend on a slow acting yeast that ferments at a low temperature while being stored. Saccharomyces pastorianus is a Yeast, used industrially for the production of Lager beer Yeasts are a growth form of eukaryotic Microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with about 1500 Species currently described Indeed, the German term 'Lager' means 'storage'. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. While first marketed as 'Lagerbier' in Austria and Germany, the term is now quite uncommon in the German speaking countries where today one would simply ask for 'helles Bier' (pale lager), 'dunkles Bier' (dark lager or ale) or specific varieties, particularly those with a distinctive character such as Pilsner or Weizenbier (also called Weissbier). Pale lager is a very pale to golden -coloured Beer with a well attenuated body and noble hop bitterness Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German beer Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark Pilsner, sometimes pilsener or simply pils, is a Pale lager, developed in the 19th century in the city of Pilsen, Bohemia ( Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. In the English speaking world, however, lager is now a general name for any beer made using the lagering method.

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History

Bavarian brewers in the sixteenth century were required by law to brew beer only during the cooler months of the year. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of Beer, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of beer's history In order to have beer available during the hot summer months, beers would be stored in caves and stone cellars, often under blocks of ice.

In the period 1820-1830, a brewer named Gabriel Sedlmayr II the Younger, whose family was running the Spaten Brewery in Bavaria went around Europe to improve his brewing skills. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 When he returned, he used what he had learned to get a more stable and consistent lager beer. The Bavarian lager was still different from the widely-known modern lager; due to the use of dark malts it was quite dark, representing what is now called dunkel beer or the stronger variety, bock beer. Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German beer Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany.

The new recipe of the improved lager beer spread quickly over Europe. In particular Sedlmayr's friend Anton Dreher used the new lagering technique to improve the Viennese beer in 1840–1841, creating Vienna lager. Anton Dreher, the older born in Schwechat near Vienna ( Austria) 7 June 1810 was an Austrian brewer who invented modern Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Vienna lager is a style of Lager Beer. It was developed by brewer Anton Dreher in Vienna in 1841. New kilning techniques enabled the use of lighter malts, giving the beer an amber-red rich colour.

Description

Pale lagers tend to be dry, lean, clean-tasting and crisp (due to acidity from the forced carbonation). Flavours may be subtle, with no traditional beer ingredient dominating the others. Hop character (bitterness, flavour, and aroma) ranges from negligible to a dry bitterness from noble hops. Hops are the female Flower cones of the hop plant ( Humulus lupulus) Hops are the female Flower cones of the hop plant ( Humulus lupulus) The main ingredients are water, Pilsener malt and noble hops, though some brewers use adjuncts such as rice or corn to lighten the body of the beer. Mash ingredients or grain bill are those materials used in Brewing from which a Wort can be obtained for fermenting into alcohol Hops are the female Flower cones of the hop plant ( Humulus lupulus) The following is about the brewing term adjunct is also a term used in linguistics. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica There tends to be no butterscotch flavour from diacetyl, due to the slow, cold fermentation process. Butterscotch is a type of Confectionery made by boiling sugar syrup, Butter, cream, and Vanilla. Diacetyl ( IUPAC Systematic name: butanedione or 23-butanedione) is a natural byproduct of fermentation.

Variations

Pale lager was developed in the mid 1800s when Gabriel Sedlmayr took some British pale ale brewing techniques back to the Spaten Brewery in Germany, and started to modernise continental brewing methods. Pale ale is a term used to describe a variety of Beers which use Ale yeast and predominantly pale Malts It is widely considered to be one of the major In 1842 Josef Groll of Pilsen, a city in western Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic, used some of these methods to produce Pilsner Urquell, the first known example of a golden lager. Josef Groll (born in Vilshofen on 21 August 1813, died in Vilshofen on 22 October 1887) was a Bavarian Brewer Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, This article is for the beer for the brewery that produces it see Plzeňský Prazdroj Pilsner Urquell (international title in German [1] This beer proved so successful that other breweries followed the trend, using the name Pilsner. Pilsner, sometimes pilsener or simply pils, is a Pale lager, developed in the 19th century in the city of Pilsen, Bohemia ( Breweries now use the terms "lager" and "Pilsner" interchangeably, though pale lagers from Germany and the Czech Republic with the name Pilsner tend to have more evident noble hop aroma and dry finish than other pale lagers. [2][3]

With the success of Pilsen's golden beer, the town of Dortmund in Germany started brewing pale lager in 1873. Dortmund (ˈdɔʁtmʊnt is a City in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. As Dortmund was a major brewing centre, and the town breweries grouped together to export the beer beyond the town, the brand name Dortmunder Export became known. Dortmunder Export or Dortmunder is a Pale lager that originated in the then industrial city of Dortmund in Germany. [4] Nowadays. breweries in Denmark, the Netherlands, and North America brew pale lagers labeled as Dortmunder Export.

A typical glass of pale lager or Helles
A typical glass of pale lager or Helles

A little later, in 1894, the Spaten Brewery in Munich recognised the success of these golden lagers and utilised the methods that Sedlmayr had brought home over 50 years earlier to produce their own light lager they named Helles, which is German for 'light coloured', 'bright' or, in beer terms, 'pale',[5][6] in order to distinguish it from Dunkelbier or Dunkles Bier (dark beer), which is another type of beer typical for the region, being darker in colour and sweeter than Helles. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German beer Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German beer Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark

Examples of Helles include, Löwenbräu Original, Spaten Premium Lager, Weihenstephaner Original Bayrisch Mild, Hofbräu München Original, Augustiner Bräu Lagerbier Hell, and Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Helles. Löwenbräu ( German, løːvənbrɔʏ̯ is a Brewery in Munich that produces a traditional Munich-style Beer. Weihenstephan is a small city near Freising (48500 inhabitants north of Munich, Upper Bavaria The Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München (literally state court-brewery in Munich, also Hofbräu München) is a Brewery in Munich, Bavaria Augustiner Bräu is a Brewery located in Munich, Germany Established in 1328 it is Munich's oldest brewery and produces some of Munich's most popular brands of Hacker-Pschorr Brewery traces its ancestry back to 1417 when the Hacker brewery was founded in Munich, Germany, 99 years before the enactment of the

The earliest known brewing of pale lager in America was in the Old City section of Philadelphia by John Wagner in 1840 using yeast from his native Bavaria. American-style lager beer is a common variety of beer a type of Pale lager, traditionally made and consumed in North America but also popular in much of the rest of the world Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Modern American-style lagers are usually made by large breweries such as Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc ( (ˈænhаɪzər bʊʃ is the largest Brewing company in the United States with a 48 Lightness of body is a cardinal virtue, both by design, and since it allows the use of a high percentage of rice or corn. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Indeed, light versions of American lagers are very popular in the United States, lower in food energy and even lighter in body and taste. Food energy is the amount of Energy in food that is available through Digestion. Prominent examples include Budweiser, Miller High Life, Coors, and Molson Golden, which is Canadian. Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Miller Brewing Company is the second largest American style Beermaker and is based in Milwaukee Wisconsin, United States. The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. Molson is the Canadian division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company.

Though all lagers are well attenuated, a more fully attenuated pale lager in Germany goes by the name Diet Pils. [7] A marketing term for a fully attenuated pale lager, originally used in Japan by Asahi Breweries in 1987, "karakuchi" or "dry", [8] was taken up by the American brewer Anheuser-Busch in 1988 as "dry beer" for the Michelob brand, Michelob Dry. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Asahi Breweries Ltd (アサヒビール株式会社 Asahi Bīru Kabushiki Gaisha) is the 2nd largest beer Brewery in Japan and Soft drink company based Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc ( (ˈænhаɪzər bʊʃ is the largest Brewing company in the United States with a 48 [9] This was followed by other "dry beer" brands such as Bud Dry, though the marketing concept was not considered a success. Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. [10] In fully attenuated pale lagers, nearly all the sugar is converted to alcohol due to the long fermentation period. The resulting clean, lean flavour is referred to as "dry"[11].

Premium lager

Premium lager is a marketing term sometimes used by brewers for products they wish to promote; there is no legal definition for such a product, but it is usually applied to an all malt product of around 5% abv. Anheuser-Busch also uses the terms "sub-premium" and "super-premium" to describe the low-end Busch beer and the high-end Michelob. Busch Beer (originally known as Busch Bavarian Beer) was introduced in 1955 by St Michelob is the trade name of a family of beers produced by the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

Some beers marketed as premium are: Stella Artois,[12] Tuborg,[13] and Peroni. Stella Artois (ˈstɛlə ɑrˈtwɑː is a 52% ABV global Lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew Tuborg is a Danish Brewing company founded in 1873 by Carl Frederik Tietgen. See also SABMiller SABMiller, one of the top five global brewing companies, owns a portfolio of over 150 Brands, including international [14]

Spezial is a stronger style of pale lager, mostly brewed in Southern Germany, but also found in Austria and Switzerland. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Spezial slots in between Helles and Bock in terms of flavour characteristics and strength. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. Full-bodied and bittersweet, it is delicately spiced with German aroma hops. It has a gravity of between 12. 5° and 13. 5° Plato and an alcohol content of 5. 5 - 5. 8% ABV. The style has been in slow decline over the last 30 years, but still accounts for around 10% of beer sales in Bavaria. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12

Strong lager

Pale lagers that exceed an abv of around 5. Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as abv or ABV) is a standard measure of how much alcohol ( Ethanol) is contained in an Alcoholic beverage 8% are variously termed Bock, Malt liquor, Super strength lager, Märzen, Oktoberfestbier, or European strong lager. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. Malt liquor is a North American term referring to a type of Beer with high alcohol content Märzen or Märzenbier (March beer has its origins in Bavaria probably before the 16th century

Bock

Main article: Bock

Bock is a strong lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The name is a corruption of the medieval German brewing town of Einbeck, but also means goat (buck) in German. Corruption or bastardisation is a way of referring to certain changes in a Language. Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. The original Bocks were dark beers, brewed from high-coloured malts. Malting is a process applied to Cereal grains in which the grains are made to Germinate by soaking in water and are then quickly halted from germinating further Modern Bocks can be dark, amber or pale in colour. Bock was traditionally brewed for special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. Lent, in some Christian denominations, is the forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter.

Malt liquor

Main article: Malt liquor

Malt liquor is an American term referring to a strong pale lager. Malt liquor is a North American term referring to a type of Beer with high alcohol content In the UK, similarly-made beverages are called super-strength lager.

Oktoberfestbier

Oktoberfest is a German festival dating from 1810, and Oktoberfestbiers are the beers that have been served at the event in Munich since 1818, and are supplied by 6 breweries known as the Big Six: Spaten, Lowenbrau, Augustiner, Hofbrau, Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr. The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October Löwenbräu ( German, løːvənbrɔʏ̯ is a Brewery in Munich that produces a traditional Munich-style Beer. Augustiner Bräu is a Brewery located in Munich, Germany Established in 1328 it is Munich's oldest brewery and produces some of Munich's most popular brands of The Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München (literally state court-brewery in Munich, also Hofbräu München) is a Brewery in Munich, Bavaria Paulaner is a German Brewery, established in the early 1600s in Munich by the Minim Friars of the Neudeck ob der Au Hacker-Pschorr Brewery traces its ancestry back to 1417 when the Hacker brewery was founded in Munich, Germany, 99 years before the enactment of the [15] Traditionally Oktoberfestbiers were the lagers of around 5. 5 to 6% abv called Märzen - brewed in March and allowed to ferment slowly during the summer months. Märzen or Märzenbier (March beer has its origins in Bavaria probably before the 16th century [16] Originally these would have been dark lagers, but from 1872 a strong March brewed version of an amber-red Vienna lager made by Josef Sedlmayr became the favourite Oktoberfestbier. Vienna lager is a style of Lager Beer. It was developed by brewer Anton Dreher in Vienna in 1841. Since the 1970s the type of beer served at the festival has been a pale lager between 5 and 6% abv, and the terms Oktoberfest and Märzen are used by non-Oktoberfest brewers in Germany and the USA to market pale lagers of this strength. [17] The colour of these lagers may range from pale gold to deep amber, with the darker colours more common in the USA. Hop levels tend not to be distinctive, though some USA examples may be firmly hopped. Modern beers sold as Oktoberfest and Märzen in Europe tend not to be too differentiated from other pale lagers of this strength, while older German, USA and USA influenced examples will be fairly malty in flavour and inclined to use a range of malts especially dark malts such as Vienna or Munich. Mash ingredients or grain bill are those materials used in Brewing from which a Wort can be obtained for fermenting into alcohol Mash ingredients or grain bill are those materials used in Brewing from which a Wort can be obtained for fermenting into alcohol [18]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - The birth of lager
  2. ^ Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Beer Styles: Pilsener/Pilsner/Pils
  3. ^ beer-pages.com - Roger Protz Complete Guide to World Beer
  4. ^ beer-pages.com - all you need to know about beer
  5. ^ Helles
  6. ^ German Beer Guide: Münchner Helles
  7. ^ Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Beer Styles: Diat Pils
  8. ^ Asahi Breweries | Products | Asahi Super Dry
  9. ^ Philip Van Munching, Beer Blast, pp 232-233, 1997, ISBN 0-8129-6391-1
  10. ^ Philip Van Munching, Beer Blast, pp 233-235, 1997, ISBN 0-8129-6391-1
  11. ^ Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Beer Styles: Dry Beer
  12. ^ Marketing News: Stella and Carlsberg clash over ‘UK’s best beer’ claims - Marketing Week. www. marketingweek. co. uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.
  13. ^ Tuborg to sponsor Reading and Leeds festivals - Morning Advertiser. www. morningadvertiser. co. uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.
  14. ^ SAB to launch Peroni in Russia - Drinks International Magazine. www. drinksint. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.
  15. ^ Big Six Breweries in Munich. www. beerdrinkersguide. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV
  16. ^ Food from Bavaria - Regionaltypische Spezialität. www. food-from-bavaria. de. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV
  17. ^ Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - The birth of lager. www. beerhunter. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV
  18. ^ BJCP 2008 Style Guidelines - Category 03. www. bjcp. org. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV

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