American Light Lager Tasting for Homebrew Recipe Design
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- These Brew Dudes conduct a blind taste test of five American light lagers to inspire a homebrew recipe.
The beers they taste are:
Night Shift Nite Lite
Coors Light
Bud Light
Miller Lite
Pabst Blue Ribbon
We discuss the characteristics of American light lagers:
Appearance: They should be straw to light gold in color with a non-persistent head that fades quickly.
Flavor profile: Light lagers should have a crisp, clean, and refreshing taste with no off-flavors. They typically have a slight hoppy character and a touch of sweetness.
Adjuncts: Many American light lagers use adjuncts like rice or corn instead of just malt.
From the research, Mike is planning to use the learnings from this tasting to create a homebrew American light lager recipe.
CHEERS!
MEASURED FINAL GRAVITIES:
Nite Light 1.010
Coors 1.007
Bud Light 1.005
PBS 1.011
Miller Lite 1.003
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Finally got a chance to add the measured FG to the video description box and I added it here as a separate comment! CHEERS!
MEASURED FINAL GRAVITIES:
Nite Light 1.010
Coors 1.007
Bud Light 1.005
PBS 1.011
Miller Lite 1.003
So Miller Lite with the most body was 003? Interesting
Sitting at home, sipping on a Dort-style homebrew, remembering the only taste of Bud I’ve had this far (going on 59 this year(livin’ in Sweden)). One sip, wanted to spit it out but bein’ n a bar, had to swallow.
Every time I go to make one of these, I can’t stop myself from making a beer I actually love Munich Helles and when I want the light version just add 20% sparkling water to make it more like 4% and “low calorie“
I love this! Also, can you comment with the final gravities that you found?
If I'm not around a place that sells Tecate, then it's coors with a lime--texas style!
Can’t wait to see what Mike produces! Colorado Coolaid is the best light lager in my opinion! Cheers!
Did you get gravity readings? I would guess they finish under 1.005. You might be able to use ABV and carbs to estimate an OG value.
This is pretty interesting stuff! I’d love to know what you measure for gravities. Can you not calculate the final gravity by using the ABV and listed calories? I would guess they finish more like 1.002-5
Doesn´t the label needs to state all the ingredients? At least in the EU this is mandatory (also for allergen reasons).
Not really. At least not here in the US. Most of these beer labels mention the ingredients from a marketing point of view; "The choicest barley, rice and hops" for example. Cheers! -Mike
I think for alcoholic beverages they don’t. But for everything else they do.
Sorry my dudes, while I totally appreciate the experiment, I just cannot drink any of that stuff anymore, maybe Pabst. But, keep it up and brew on!
You do you. Its just research not an endorsement. I rarely buy these myself. But I do love the Nite Lite from Nightshift on a hot day. Cheers! -Mike
I bet that zingy hops spicy thing is from the fact the big guys use hop extract instead of raw hops.
Maybe, but I get the same zingy flavor when I use noble hop pellets in light style beers. So I think I am just referring to the flavor profile of noble hops in general and they tend to really stand out in light lagers like these. Cheers! -Mike
PBR should not be in this line up as a light lager. I wouldn't mind you trying to brew it though.
Agree, but really its the same profile and you'd be hard pressed to seperate it blindly from the others as we did. Also, its the same ABV range as the rest. Interesting. Cheers! -Mike
@BrewDudes it's the carbohydrate content that separates it. Just like coor banquet, bud, etc. The lights, as you know, most likely use enzymes.
Can’t wait to see what Mike produces! Colorado Coolaid is the best light lager in my opinion! Cheers!
I can't wait to see what I come up with too! Cheers! -Mike