A Lager ‘Trend’ is Really Just a Few Industry People Saying “This Is Good”

and the most stylish taproom entrance ever

This straight-out-of-a-Mad-Men-episode taproom entrance is East London’s Five Points Brewing. It just struck me as really cool looking so I posted it.

Another Lager Trend?

Beer Cruncher 📈📢 @beercruncher

Trend Alert 🔥 "Dark Czech Lagers" are scorching hot with small breweries in Chicago. Marketing-wise, seasonality obviously, but I like how the style explains itself, unlike say Schwarzbier. Taste-wise, I think the lower roast character is preferred to a wider degree. Thoughts?

Mind you this is an Industry person and we all know beer industry people desperately DESPERATELY pump up anything Lager related, but he does have me interested in picking up a Dark Lager of some sort.

If you are interested too but are like me and don’t know what the hell is happening with the style, here is a Paste Magazine article with some of the best Dark Lagers out there.

My personal favorite is Moonlight Brewing’s Death & Taxes - incredibly easy to drink.

For me, a good beer to have in the middle of a session to breakup the hoppy beers and make the next hoppy beer I have really stand out #facts.

Links To Beer

• Not beer related but food related and important, if you were looking for a good organization to donate to in relation to what’s happening in Ukraine,World Central Kitchen is certainly one. They are serving fresh meals to people forced to flee invasion inside Ukraine and in neighboring counties. You can donate here.

• Something that is more directly beer related, a group called Drinkers For Ukraine has come up with a solidarity beer that brewers can make with proceeds going to the Red Cross humanitarian relief effort. You can find the recipe for “Resit” (a Ukrainian Anti-Imperial Stout) and all the info here.

• They found the King Of Uniques and he is Don Tse - @thebeerdon, and I am hella jealous of Don’s documentation of his beers.

Have A Fine Week With Your Beers!

I would like to thank you once again for the read. No big beer plans this week for me, but I might make a beer run today so I am stocked up for a good session that will be paired with tonight’s new SNL. *British accent* It looks to be ‘a right good ol’ episode there governor’:

Be safe out there!

-Mikey

Peace ✌️ Beer 🍻 & Metal 🤘