08/30/2025
I never post my intent for beers. Usually just the ingredients and quick stats. I’ll try to change that going forward because behind the glassware and liquid is a story.
I got into craft beer through an unusual route. The early 2010’s of craft beer and high IBU’s turned me off. I was always hesistant to try new ones until the haze craze and heavily fruited/adjuncted beers came along. They were a familiar taste and flavor. So when I started homebrewing I quickly gravitated to trying to replicate them.
A couple of my early adjuncted homebrews were well received and a few won some local awards. But some of my homebrewer friends would make light hearted jokes about my brewing style. Although it was friendly banter, it stuck a chord. Semi-recently I started to hone in on the classics. In my eyes the true test would be to create a great American light lager. So I did just that.
“Yes! That’s Beer!” American Light Lager took 1st place in the local Lancaster homebrew competition back in March for the Light American/British beers category and it has held up incredibly well in the can. It then advanced to the best of show table..no dice there.
“Yes! That’s Beer!”
American Light Lager
4.2%
Malts:
•North Star Pils
•Weyermann Pils
•Flaked Rice
•Chit
Hops:
•Mittelfrueh
•Perle
Yeast:
•34/70
Misc:
•Amylo 300
*My Schwarzbier, “Fly By Night”, also took first in the same comp in the German lager category and advanced to the best of show table..again no dice 🙃*
