Best Craft Lager?
The unsung hero in the craft beer industry is the Craft Lager. Not the fizzy yellow stuff you see advertised on tv, craft lager is tasty and comes in many forms just like ale. The Full Pint want’s to know, What’s The Best Craft Lager? We’ve picked close to 30 craft lagers in many popular styles to choose from, but feel free to WRITE IN YOUR VOTE if you don’t see your favorite on the list.
Here are a few quick rules and tips for this poll, which is intended to bring friendly competition, craft lager awareness, and fun! POLL ENDS MAY 30, 2011 5PM EST
- You can choose from our list below or you can write in a vote using our comment feature below the poll.
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June 7, 2014 @ 10:33 am
I nominate Gunpowder Falls Pilsner from Gunpowder Falls Brewing.
http://www.gunpowderfallsbrewing.com
February 15, 2012 @ 5:00 am
Oskar Blues Mamas Little Yellow Pils for sure. I mean it in a can for heavens sake
May 30, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Boulevard Collaboration No. 1 Imperial Pilsner
May 30, 2011 @ 11:11 am
Bill is correct: Rogue is not a lager.
May 27, 2011 @ 7:45 pm
Sessions full sail all the way
May 25, 2011 @ 5:49 pm
My vote goes to Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla!
May 25, 2011 @ 10:16 am
Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla is the stuff … see you at Beer Friday!
May 24, 2011 @ 5:09 pm
Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla!!!!
May 24, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla!!!!
May 24, 2011 @ 3:28 pm
Linden Street Common Lager
May 24, 2011 @ 3:12 pm
Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla!!!
May 24, 2011 @ 2:37 pm
Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla
May 24, 2011 @ 1:06 pm
Devil’s Canyon Lager Diabla!!!!
Yummy, NOT wimpy 🙂
Soooo good……
May 22, 2011 @ 7:58 pm
Lakefront Brewery’s Eastside Dark
May 16, 2011 @ 7:10 pm
GLBC Dortmunder Gold is by far the best, but that’s not to say the rest of the list isn’t on there without merit. Any brewery that can put out a beer that’s widely drank has my respect.
May 16, 2011 @ 6:53 am
Eliot Ness is the best!
May 15, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
Clipper City Heavy Seas “Small Craft Warning Uber Pils”
May 13, 2011 @ 8:51 am
Redhook Eisbock 28 – like no lager you ever tasted. Magnificent!
May 13, 2011 @ 6:03 am
Hey Truth,
This is Zak from Shmaltz Brewing Company. Sorry you don’t like the Coney Island Lager. And sorry you don’t like any of our beers. They’re not going to be for everyone.
That being said, we’ve got almost 15 beers with ratings over ’90’ on RateBeer. Tons of great feedback on BeerAdvocate. And we won our first GABF medal last year. There are a lot of great breweries out there who would love to be able to say the same, and we’re happy to be included in the conversation with them.
If you don’t want to buy it, there are plenty out there that will.
Maybe one day we’ll be able to convince you. Cheers.
~Zak
May 12, 2011 @ 3:06 pm
CI Lager SUX.
everything that brewery dose is off. Seems like a gimik brewery that won’t go away.
May 12, 2011 @ 2:55 pm
Left Hand Pole Star Pils = $town!
May 11, 2011 @ 11:36 pm
Anchor Steam
May 11, 2011 @ 12:53 pm
Dortmunder Gold is so good…every time I have one I remember just how good it is…I think I will have one now!
May 11, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
Tipopils
May 11, 2011 @ 10:36 am
Ditto with Jared: Lucky Bucket Pre-Prohibition Lager.
May 10, 2011 @ 5:09 pm
Ballast Point Fathom gets my vote!
Nice n’ crisp, with hoppy goodness to help it go down…..
2010 World Beer Cup AND Great American Beer Festival gold medal winner!
May 10, 2011 @ 3:06 pm
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold receives my vote.
I’m not too sure if GLBC Dobbelrock fits in the Lager category.
Surprised that Troegs Trogenator is not receiving more votes.
There’s a lot of beers on this list I have not tried……yet. Print the list and start sampling!
May 10, 2011 @ 12:49 pm
Fort George 1811 lager gets my vote!
May 9, 2011 @ 5:54 pm
I vote for Great Lakes Dopplerock. However I totally agree that Metropolitan should be included on the list.
May 9, 2011 @ 3:38 pm
Karl Strauss Amber lager has the best balance of malt and hops. Has a crisp finish that never fails to brighten my day.
May 9, 2011 @ 10:05 am
Karl Strauss Amber Lager all the way…!!!
May 9, 2011 @ 9:44 am
Eliot Ness!
May 9, 2011 @ 9:25 am
I wish someone would chime in with a really hard to get lager unique to their locale and insist that this list is pointless without it. That would be really awesome. Oh, wait…. well played.
Port Hot Rocks.
Now what I really need is for someone to dissect the style, making my choice irrelevant.
May 9, 2011 @ 9:13 am
Session Lager!!!!
May 9, 2011 @ 9:10 am
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
May 9, 2011 @ 8:07 am
Urban Chestnut Zwickel ftw!
May 7, 2011 @ 6:58 am
Tough choice, but I went with Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils. Victory’s was another favorite of mine.
May 6, 2011 @ 7:31 pm
Ft. George 1811 Lager.
May 6, 2011 @ 5:59 pm
To my taste, Baltic Porters are the best Craft Lagers, hands down. I don’t see that style on the list, so I’ll skip the Vote. Cheers!
May 6, 2011 @ 5:42 pm
Looooove the Krampus. For an every day lager, I’d go with Prima Pils.
May 6, 2011 @ 12:15 pm
Street Walker from Walking Man!
May 6, 2011 @ 10:32 am
Hugh Hefner’s Jacket @ Deschutes Brewing
May 6, 2011 @ 9:33 am
Any of the Bayern Brews out of Missoula Montana.
THEY KICK A$$!
http://www.bayernbrewing.com
May 6, 2011 @ 7:08 am
Caldera Lawnmower Lager in a 22oz bottle or on tap in Ashland
May 5, 2011 @ 7:14 pm
Metropolitan Flywheel Lager from Chicago!
May 5, 2011 @ 6:14 pm
How is rogue dead guy ale a lager?
From their website:
In the style of a German Maibock, using our proprietary Pacman ale yeast.
May 5, 2011 @ 5:57 pm
My vote is for Karl Strauss Amber Lager!
I love this beer 🙂
May 5, 2011 @ 2:05 pm
My vote is for Bikini Blonde Helles Lager from Maui Brewing Company.
May 5, 2011 @ 1:46 pm
Flywheel…should of been on the list from the start
May 5, 2011 @ 1:01 pm
my vote is for: Lucky Bucket Pre-Prohibition Lager.
May 5, 2011 @ 12:01 pm
Second on Metropolitan Flywheel.
May 5, 2011 @ 11:57 am
Metropolitan’s Flywheel Lager is hands down the best craft lager in the US.
May 5, 2011 @ 11:43 am
Where the heck are the great Lagers from Metropolitan from Chicago’s finest “Lager Only” brewery? I nominate “Flywheel Bright Lager” a Munich-style helles.
May 5, 2011 @ 11:13 am
Huh…never woulda thunk.
May 5, 2011 @ 10:33 am
Dead Guy Ale is a maibock =-/
May 5, 2011 @ 10:22 am
I nominate Bruery Humulus Lager
May 5, 2011 @ 10:21 am
Yeah…they’re both lagers. But Dead Guy *ALE*?
May 5, 2011 @ 10:17 am
Do doppelbocks and Baltic porters count?