Brooklyn Lager

[ed_brews_now]

Normally I don't drink lager. But I had Brooklyn Lager -- and it is one of the top commercial beers for me now. What is it? Malt or hops?

 

[vespoli]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it contains both hops and malted grain.

 

[JohnnyO]

There are different styles of lager. Brooklyn Lager is akin to SA Boston Lager. I believe they are Vienna Lagers. They're different from the Lite American Lagers and Pilsners that you might be used to when you think of "Lager".

I have a recipe I am brewing next weekend that is my effort at a Brooklyn Lager clone. It's not exact, but as close as I can get.

 

[jafo28]

I'm brewing the AHS clone of the Brooklyn Lager tomorrow, hope it's close to the real thing.

 

[bovineblitz]

I know they dry hop their lager, and I really love that completely clean noble hop flavor you get in an american micro interpretation of a lager... so I'm thinking you're loving the featured flavor hops layered over that soft pillow of pilsner malt.

 

[GuldTuborg]

It's one of the better lagers with wide distribution. I don't like many lager beers either, but Brooklyn Lager is quite good. OP, have you tried Eliot Ness from Great Lakes Brewing? It's in a similar style and it's quite good - even better than Brooklyn Lager, I'd say, though they're both excellent.

 

[Airborneguy]

They might be 'takes' on Vienna, but SA and Brooklyn are not Vienna's. They are way over hopped to be Viennas.