Top 42 Lagers

#17

95
Jolly Roger Black Lager
Eddyline Brewing

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#16

95
pFriem Canadian Lager
pFriem Family Brewers

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#15

95
American AF
Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.

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"This excellent example--American AF--makes me wonder why craft light lagers aren't a larger phenomenon. Upon pouring it has a pleasantly sweet corn aroma with a touch of bready malt. There is a faint, generic 'adjunct' aroma in the background that would be expected in any light lager. It pours with a low white head and is a clear, straw color. This beer has bready malt flavors and a tasty dose of corn. Hop flavors are low and herbal. It is lightly bitter and dry throughout. Overall, this is a really tasty beer." - Judge Jim Koebel

#14

96
KC Bier Co. Festbier
KC Bier Co.

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"To the credit of the brewer, the intense clean malt character found here did not manifest itself via overly sweet caramel malt flavors that often accompany this style, which are avoidable through the process of time-consuming traditional German decoction mashing. As in the aroma, hops were gently expressed in only a complementary fashion. This is a well-conceived Vienna Lager full of malt complexity that touches on the high end of the gravity scale yet is still highly drinkable." - Judge James Link

#13

96
Gold Lager
Stoudts Brewing Co.

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#12

96
Southside Lager
Arches Brewing

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#11

96
East Brother Festbier
East Brother Beer Co.

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"This beer is barely within the style guidelines as a Festbier; it's at the high end of the malt, in particular, but it works very well as everything is really nicely balanced, producing a world-class example of this style. This is a perfect beer to go with a family grilling session - especially bratwursts." - Judge Nelson Crowle

#10

96
Cruise Control
Two Roads Brewing Co.

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"The flavor bears the hallmarks of this style with a grainy-malt sweetness that is not overbearing and well balanced with modest hop bitterness. The water even has a mineral quality suggestive of classic Munich brewing water. Modest herbal and earthy hop flavors add an additional quality to the flavor. The carbonation lends a subtle carbonic bite to the medium-low body of this Helles. There is really nothing to complain about as this is a world-class representation of the Munich Helles style from start to finish. I am finding myself recalling fond memories of a liter of Helles in a Munich biergarten." - Judge John C. Tull

#9

96
Highland Pilsner
Highland Brewing Co.

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"If you are seeking a world-class German Pils that is brewed in America, look no further. Refreshing and subtly complex, every aspect of this beer is identifiable, clean and fresh. There is a real synergy as each element of the beer works to complement the other. I suppose if you prefer a more Bavarian interpretation of the style you would want some additional depth to the malt character but that would be purely a matter of personal preference." - Judge Rick Franckhauser

#8

96
Devils Backbone Vienna Lager
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.

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"The malt flavor is clean and toasty, with hints of freshly baked bread and a touch of nuttiness. None of this is very big. It is a Vienna Lager, after all, not an Oktoberfest, but the flavors all work well together… Few amber lagers and ales express malt as smooth and clean as this. Not a big beer, but soft and thirst-quenching. It’s refreshing to see lighter beers with this much subtle complexity." - Judge Tom Cannon