Style: American Light Lager
All StylesStyle Profile based on 3,333 recipes
BU:GU
0.31
Hops
5.0 g/L
Mash pH
5.59
Dry hop
0.3 g/L
Description
Highly carbonated, very light-bodied, nearly flavorless lager designed to be consumed very cold. Very refreshing and thirst quenching. History: Coors briefly made a light lager in the early 1940s. Modern versions were first produced by Rheingold in 1967 to appeal to diet-conscious drinkers, but only became popular starting in 1973 after Miller Brewing acquired the recipe and marketed the beer heavily to sports fans with the “tastes great, less filling” campaign. Beers of this genre became the largest sellers in the United States in the 1990s. Style Comparison: A lighter-bodied, lower-alcohol, lower calorie version of an American Lager. Less hop character and bitterness than a Leichtbier.
Examples: Bud Light, Coors Light, Keystone Light, Michelob Light, Miller Lite, Old Milwaukee Light
Typical Grain Bill
- 52%
- 28%
- 7%
- 6%
- 4%
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
- 76%
- 34%
- 30%
- 23%
- 21%
% of American Light Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Common Hops
- 10%
- 7%
- 5%
- 5%
- 4%
- 4%
- 4%
- 3%
- 3%
- 3%
% of American Light Lager recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 20%
- 10%
- 8%
- 8%
- 7%
- 7%
- 5%
- 4%
- 4%
- 4%
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 10%
- 4%
- 2%
- 2%
- 1%
- 1%
- 1%
- 1%
- 1%
- 0%
% of American Light Lager recipes using each strain
Typical Water Profile
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
Ranked by similarity across OG, IBU, ABV, hop rate, and grist composition.