Lager by Carpenter, Dave -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Foreword Introduction

What is Lager? Five Myths About Lager you Need to Stop Believing (And Perpetuating) Lager is Diverse About This Book

Chapter 1: The Dark Ages

The Earliest Converts Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt Beer in Early Europe The Introduction of Hops The Power of Selective Pressure

Chapter 2: Duking it Out in Bavaria

A Guilded Age, But not Without Controversy In Which Bavaria Finds Itself in Deep Duchy Prohibition, Bavarian Style Lager is Born Historical and Cultural Implications Bavarian Beer Nosh

Chapter 3: Brewers See the Light

Dark Days in Bavaria Malted Enlightenment Scientific and Technological Enlightenment

Chapter 4: The Lager Diaspora

Lager Reaches America Mexico’s Austrian Influence Lager Around the World

Chapter 5: The Dry Spell

World War I Prohibition World War II and Its Aftermath Tastes . . . Great? Bullets, Bikinis, and Bull Terriers

Chapter 6: The Craft Lager Comeback

When Your Brewery Runs Out of Steam, Just Call the Maytag Repairman Shots Heard ‘Round the World (Or At Least From Coast to Coast) Craft Lager Elevated, American Style Inventing New Lagers

Chapter 7: Tasting and Enjoying Lager

Glassware for Lager Beer Sensory Evaluation

Chapter 8: Old World Pale Lagers

Czech Pilsner Helles German Pilsner Dortmunder Export Märzen (Oktoberfest) Festbier Vienna Lager Maibock

Chapter 9: Old World Dark Lagers

Czech Dark Lager Munich Dunkel Schwarzbier Bock Doppelbock Eisbock Rauchbier Baltic Porter

Chapter 10: North American Lagers, for Better and for Worse

California Common Classic American Pilsner American All-Malt Pale Lager North American Adjunct Lager Hoppy Pilsner India Pale Lager Imperial Lagers

Chapter 11: Lager Wort Production

Fundamentals of Wort Production Ingredients Mashing for Lager Brewing Boiling Lager Wort

Chapter 12: Fermentation, Conditioning, and Packaging

Yeast Strain Selection Fermentation Packaging

Chapter 13: Recipes

Notes on the Recipes Gruit Beer Prague After Dark Weyermann Bohemian Pilsner, Josef Groll 1842 Devil’s Backbone Vienna Lager Yamanote-Sen Generic Green Bottle 1811 Pre-Prohibition Lager Mow The Damn Lawn “STS-Inspired” Hoppy Pilsner The Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest Fort Collins Brewery Maibock Pfriem Pilsner Classic Festbier Smuttynose Baltic Porter Classic Bock Tröegs Troegenator Steaming Rancor Una Más Mexico-Inspired Lager Short’s Spruce Pilsner Fearless Youth Munich Dunkel

Notes on the Beer Evaluations Recommended Reading Bibliography Acknowledgments Endnotes Index About the Author Photo Credits Copyright