![]() The two beers you mention are very widely available: On RB, Yuengling is #2 most reviewed and Dos Equis is #7 for rating though neither cracks the top 50. Ratebeer's list is default sorted by rating, which isn't always helpful if you don't live somewhere with a great selection, but you can click on "Count" and it will sort by number of ratings Beer Advocate's is default sorted by number of reviews. You can use the category page on Ratebeer or Beer Advocate to browse through more examples of the style. Also, RB doesn't break amber lagers into American and not varieties. ![]() What's the difference? Generally, the "American" prefix at the start of any beer style means that it's hoppier, due to our lovefest with hops (at least compared to the Old World). Indeed, when looking at the examples you gave on Rate Beer and Beer Advocate, RB considers both to be of the "Amber Lager/Vienna" style, while BA considers Dos Equis to be a Vienna Lager and Yuengling to be an "American Amber/Red Lager". These are lagers with a slightly sweeter profile than the "standard International pilsner" style churned out by every macrobrewery, due to the addition of Vienna, crystal, and/or caramel malts. For whatever reason beer marketers greatly prefer the term "amber" over "red" when referring to lagers, while using "red" over "amber" when referring to ales eg Red IPA). So if you pick up a beer and it doesn't match up with its BJCP style, it's not a catastrophe, and the beer is still perfectly good!Īs soon as I read "Red Lager" I thought to myself, this guy is probably looking for Vienna Lagers (aka Amber Lagers. If you do want to use the BJCP guide, just remember that they're designed for judging homebrew competitions, and professional brewers don't have much reason to pay attention to them. But just think about different foods and aromas while you're drinking, and see what your impression is. Key words I would use: sweetish, medium-bodied, balanced, caramelly, toasty. A Munich-style Dunkel would also probably be right up your alley. ![]() If you look a the German/import section of your local beer store or supermarket, you should be able to find an example of something similar, just look for the words "Märzen," "Oktoberfest," "Festbier," etc. That said, I looked up Honest Lager, and Walkerville markets it as Märzen (sometimes but not always the same as Oktoberfest) It's less hoppy and more full-bodied than a Pils or other pale lager, and tends to be reddish or amber in color. Most of what you mentioned- like Dos Equis and Yuengling- are marketed as ambers. If you like one, you'll 99% of the time enjoy the other. In this way, they're very similar to amber ale/lagers, and the difference can be very subtle and is very subjective. The red color usually comes from certain kinds of caramel malt, which comes in a range of colors but is usually used to make a sweeter, fuller-bodied beer than everyday pale ales and lagers. ![]()
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