Definition of lager
: a beer brewed by slow fermentation and matured under refrigeration
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German immigrants who settled here in the mid-1800s brought with them the know-how to produce high-quality lagers, and ultimately dozens of breweries sprang up to cement the city’s stock in brewing.
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Breweries are scattered throughout the city in every geographic direction, serving up the standard IPAs, lagers, pilsners, stouts and everything in between.
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More than two dozen local breweries will bring pale ales and IPAs (expect lots of those) along with a few lagers and the odd saison or hefeweizen.
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If these bearded men in untucked gingham/tartan/plaid shirts, working up the nerve to talk to the women, drinking lager and spouting B.S. about C.S. Lewis and H.P. Lovecraft are a cult, then so are most of the corner bars in metropolitan America.
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The brewery will make small batch sodas, lagers and ales, and the farm-to-table restaurant will serve meals cooked in a smokehouse, woodfire oven and grill.
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Bier Brewery’s Track Bier is a light-on-the-alcohol American lager, perfect for hot days at the track.
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The beer, which isn’t sold in the U.S., is an amber lager.
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Black Stag Brewery's flagship beer will be a black lager, one of a dozen beers on tap, mostly German and Belgian-style beers and a selection of IPAs.
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Origin and Etymology of lager
German Lagerbier beer made for storage, from Lager storehouse + Bier beer
LAGER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lager for English Language Learners
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: a type of beer that is light in color and is aged at cool temperatures
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