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American light lagers amuse me as a brewer. They're pretty bland and watery, but it's one of the hardest styles to get right, and yet it still became the mass
by evilduck 16y ago
American light lagers amuse me as a brewer. They're pretty bland and watery, but it's one of the hardest styles to get right, and yet it still became the mass produced swill. Every flaw stands out because there's no major flavors to hide behind. It's a beer where expensive process became the most profitable because of volume sold (because it's probably the cheapest set of ingredients for a beer style).
- mattmaroon 16y agoI think it's the rice that makes it so cost effective.
- evilduck 16y agoHops are also a big cost factor. Light lagers are very lightly hopped since there's almost nothing in the final product to balance their flavor. There are big IPA recipes where hop cost is easily more than grain cost.