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- In the 1830’s, German immigrants sailed to the United States to escape civil unrest and severe unemployment. This influx of German immigration to the United States correlates with the introduction of lager beer to the continent.
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The American lager or North American lager is a style of pale lager produced in the United States and Canada. Pale lagers originated in Europe in the mid-19th century and were brought to North America by German immigrants.
Lager Brewing in the United States. Brewing lager is an art form that arrived to the United States via German and Prussian immigrants. The true “brewing culture” did not really develop in the United States until the arrival of 19th century German immigrants.
lager beer was first brewed in the United States beginning the 1870s. This pale and translu-cent style of lager beer captured the imagination of the nation, so much so that by the 1890s it was routine.
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- Master Brewer Kaiser
- American Bock
- Pre-Pro Lager
- More About Ingredients & Process
Paul Kaiser was a member of the Master Brewers Association of America and eventually became chairman of its Educational Committee. He brewed, he wrote, and he advocated for the industry from the 1880s to the 1950s. He also was one of many brewers in the employ of Adolphus Busch. Besides his brewer’s notebook and numerous articles written for MBAA p...
Kaiser was a member of the Vereinigten Staaten Braumeister Bund, which was the name of the Master Brewers Association of America until World War I, according to his diary. From 1900 to 1917, he brewed at the Weger Brothers Brewing Company in Philadelphia. In Kaiser’s brewing notebook is a recipe for “Weger Brothers Bock, 1909.” The grain bill: 46 p...
Two pages later in Kaiser’s notebook is a recipe for “Draught Beer 1912.” This recipe consists of 46 percent pale malt, 42 percent grits, and 12 percent wheat flakes. It gets two charges of California hops and one of New York hops. My research firm, Lost Lagers, first brewed Draught Beer 1912 at the Lake Anne Brew House in Reston, Virginia. The two...
Both the 1909 Bock and 1912 Draught recipes list higher percentages of corn than what the Beer Judge Certification Program recommends in its Pre-Prohibition Lager category. The BJCP suggests 20 to 30 percent flaked maize or rice. Likewise, the Brewers Association’s Great American Beer Festival guidelines say that American Pilsner, which is supposed...
Mar 3, 2022 · Resourceful German brewers grew the lager industry into a powerhouse by aggressively promoting the new drink to American palates, even turning war and tragedy into opportunity. They cemented...
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Aug 23, 2017 · The American Lager is one of the most popular styles of beer in the U.S. Learn more about its history and how to brew your own recipe.
Jul 2, 2014 · Yuengling Traditional Lager. Dating from 1829, D.G. Yuengling and Son is America’s oldest brewery, a bridge between a time when thousands of breweries dotted the national tableau before Prohibition in 1920 and our current age, when thousands again spread across the land.
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