Ipa allow brewers to mask brewing mistakes by burying them in hop flavor. And if you think Budweiser is the only example of a lager, you shouldn't be talking about beer. You can create 5-6% lagers without sacrificing flavor. There are tons of good lagers out there, Budweiser isn't one of them.

[–] escapesamsara@discuss.online -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think most people would agree, in general, lagers are the worst beer; but sure there could be a good low alcohol lager somewhere out there. Stouts will always win out in my book so maybe my tastes don't align well with others.

[–] Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

This is just ignorant lol. If you don't like lager you don't like lager but that doesn't mean it's the worst beer. I don't really like stout but I'm not going around saying it's the worst, it's all preference. There are tons of different types of lager if you actually look, plenty of micro brewers make them.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lager isn't a style, it's just a different type of fermentation that takes longer. Budweiser is a mass produced riff on the (Czech) pilsner style which is a lager. The thing with Bud is a lot of these sorts of beers use adjuncts in the malt bill which gives them a light body/ flavor. Instead of high quality wheat, there's a lot of filler gains like rice and corn to the point where some can almost be considered gluten free. At the end of the day those sorts of beers are impressive in that they can create so much of it in different facilities and have it be so consistent.

Saying pilsners are bad after drinking only Bud is like eating McDonald's and thinking all beef is terrible

Side note: Baltic Porters can be brewed as ales or lagers and they're probably right up your alley