Middle of the road moderation with pasty mouthfeel. Spicy amber grains back spritzy orange oiling and tannic grape souring but cheap cider murk arrives when warmed.
Tag Archives: amber lager
SCHILLING KVET 12
On tap at The Local Taphouse of Nyack. Stylishly richer ‘Czech amber lager’ tosses raw-honeyed cracked barley at lightly cherrywood-smoked pumpernickel, rye and wattleseed midst as leafy hop astringency penetrates dried cocoa bottom.
WIDOWMAKER HOW THE GODS CHILL AMBER LAGER
Dry clear golden light lager lets lemon lime musk and slight grapefruit pith bittering sidle dry Chinook-hopped herbage as skunky pale malting ruins fragile white bread base.
WARSTEINER BREWERS GOLD
“Smooth” unfiltered pilsner-malted amber lager (a.k.a. German-styled kellerbier) retains thin brown breaded crusting. Mild chestnut-roasted honey biscuit sweetness counters tart raw-honeyed orange oiling .
RED OAK AMBER LAGER
Middling Bavarian-styled lager brings toasted caramel sweetness to apple-skinned orange and tangerine swipes and distant green grape esters in mossy setting.
PARADOX GET OFF MY LAWN AMBER LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, mellow amber lager plies floral perfume-spiced orange, tangerine and clementine tanginess to gluey Vienna malts for sessionable mediocrity.
STEEL CITY LAGER
Toasted amber grains receive sweet toffee snag and musky brown tea earthiness for dry blue collar moderation. Serve to all macrobrew hounds as better alternative.
902 HURLEY HOOPS & HOPS AMBER LAGER
On tap at Plank Pizza, brewed in collaboration with legendary Jersey high school basketball coach, soft perfume-spiced citrus tang pleats delicate pilsner malting for briskly easygoing Cascade-hopped moderation.
SCHILLING SCHALEN LAGER
On tap at Draught Industries, unfiltered springtime ‘hoppy lager’ (with thin pale clear hue) waveringly shuttles candied lemon tang, musty herbal dryness and mild piney hop bittering (of an IPA) to pasty raw-honeyed pale malting.
HUDSON VALLEY WINDROW LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry Saaz-hopped bark wood astringency and bruised lemon spritz offer tidily moderate bittering to rustic barley-corn base, recalling a mild citric-pined IPA in spots.
OLDE HICKORY RUBY LAGER
Stylishly bold ruby copper-hued amber lager loads caramel-toasted cereal graining upon spicy red-orange fruiting, honeyed nuttiness and leafy hop astringency of dependable flagship.
JACK’S ABBY SHIPPING OUT OF BOSTON AMBER LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, easygoing moderation retains musky grain rusticity. Raw-honeyed amber grain toasting receives cellared fungi dampness, dewy peat mossing and hay-like hop astringency of an English bitter. Well beneath the surface, spritzy yellow fruiting contrasts green tea bittering.
