Lager, a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed container using yeasts that will sink to the bottom of the beverage.
The word "Light" doesn't sound like something you'd use with the word winter, but that is the great irony of a true classic Winter Lager. Most folks continue to believe and assume lagers are lighter beers of the clear persuasion, but that is just not true when you look deeper into the process and the creativeness that is the "Winter style".
Actually, most Winter Lagers are a darker clearish caramel color that can deceive the unsuspecting/novice drinker into a perception of a heavier higher caloric Ale or Stout.
Recommendation: you must try (if you can find it) Weihenstephaner Korbinian (Doppelbock) from Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan of Freising, Germany.
Pour & serve in a weizen glass. Extreme dark brown color, strong tan head to start. Aroma of toffee, deep roasted malts and possibly caramel. A rush of sweetness mixed with maltiness that turns a bitter chocolate of the darker persuasion. Ends with a solid roasted maltly blast. Obvious full body winter lager beer that holds up very well. Excellent
Chin chin!
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