Lagerboy Speaks – Jever Pilsener
“Wie das land, so das Jever” is the motto of Lagerboy’s latest tempter – Jever Pilsener (4.9%). Being an internationally renowned lager expect and contributor to ‘What Shandy?’ magazine, he has to know a smattering of German to get by (not to mention Czech, Polish, Dutch, American). Loosely translated as something along the lines of […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Gaffel Kölsch
Lagerboy doesn’t like to restrict himself, as any long-time readers will know – but if he did maybe he could do worse than become Kölschboy for a short while, he’d probably be very satisfied. There are fourteen producers of this highly specific category of lager in the Cologne area, with a few more scattered nearby […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Coral
Lagerboy has stated on these pages previously that he enjoys tackling something seen as ‘The beer of…’, just to get a full sense of what the locals sit down to (or stand up for, or whatever) on a night out in their local bars. So it was with Estrella Damm, Zagorka and Lapin Kulta – […]
Lagerboy Speaks – BrewDog 77 Lager
A couple of months ago, Lagerboy reviewed BrewDog’s Cult Lager, which went down rather well. A beer typical of the Fraserburgh duo, it was a pilsener with knobs on. However, the use of past tense is deliberate, as Cult Lager – together with another of their fizzier offerings Hop Rocker – were discontinued in favour […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Lone Star
‘Texas Gold in every bottle’ is just one of many slogans from the Lone Star Brewery, of er…Woodridge, Illinois. They seemingly have a convoluted history, as the traditional Texan base vanished and re-appeared over the years due to financial difficulties, mergers and takeovers. They began their story back in 1884 as the first large-scale brewer […]
Lagerboy Speaks – BrewDog Cult Lager
Fraserburgh’s BrewDog are certainly hot property in the brewing world at the moment, with James Watt and Martin Dickie pumping out a startling array of unusual beers. Coupled with a regular media presence, they really do like to go about their business in a different way to everyone else. Whether it’s their up-to-the-public ‘Beer Rocks’ […]
