The guidelines for the American Lager style are set by the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) Style Committee. The below details are a summary of what an American Lager should represent. Older BJCP guidelines called this style American Standard Lager. The 2015 changes to the BJCP guidelines ren

LagersCrisp, clean, refined. The perfect balance of malt and hop. By definition, a lager is a beer made with bottom-fermenting yeast that prefer to work at a cooler, slower pace. Think: Pilsner, Oktoberfest, the coveted Bocks brewed by German monks for centuries. Of course, most homebrewers begin wi