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Light Lager
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Light lager, like the premium lager, also undergoes the same brewing techniques but light lager differs in the amount of alcohol and calories contained in it. Due to lager’s high alcohol content and caloric content of other beers produced on the same technique, light lager was manufactured to give option to beer consumers who wants to have a beer variety with less alcohol and low in calorie.
Rice, cereals or corn are just some of the ingredients incorporated in the production of light lager in order to neutralize just some of the bitterness of taste among premium lagers due to its rigid fermentation process and high amount of hops extract in it which gives its bitter taste.
Some breweries use 100% malt for the production of light lager in order to balance the bitterness, alcohol content and or sweetness of a premium lager beer. This adds more flavour but not aroma, to the light lager and therefore “kills” the bitterness brought about by the incorporation of hops extract during the initial fermentation process.
Alcohol content for a usual premium lager beer is around 6% to 7% but light lager beer cuts that into half (usually around 2.5% to 3%). Countries in the European region have more flavorful light lager beers than Breweries in North America and this same reason gave light lager beer more success in its production and has managed to stay for more than 200 years now.
