What’s in a style name? On this episode of the All About Beer Podcast Em Sauter and Don Tse talk to brewers who are pushing the boundaries of what people think of when they think of style.
The brewers of Ecliptic Brewing in Oregon and Ravenna Brewing in Washington discuss the origins of and what led them to create the Juicy Lager.
John Harris, brewmaster and founder of Ecliptic Brewing: We decided we didn’t want to make an IPA. There are so many IPAs on the world. But we decided to make a lager tastes like an IPA. It’s not a cold IPA, because it’s not the alcohol content isn’t high enough to be “cold IPA”. But the idea was, to use some newer [hop] varieties like Enigma and Cashmere. And pair that with a newer – not so new, but still a newer variety – Citra and a classic German, newer German, hop Mandarina Bavaria. All these hops can lead to a juicy, kind of citrusy flavor in the beer. It’s a orange juice, lemon juice, and lime juice kind of thing.
Audra Johansen, head brewer at Ravenna Brewing: We were also shooting for tropical fruit like pineapple, mango, and passionfruit. It has just enough bitterness to give it structure, but is still juicy, and almost comes off like a pale ale.
Listen into the All About Beer Podcast as Harris and Johnasen talk about the brewing process, fermentation times, and other processes that go into making a Juicy Lager.
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Em Sauter
Em Sauter is an Advanced Cicerone®, cartoonist, author, beer reviewer, international beer judge and public speaker who runs the award winning website Pints and Panels, which focuses on visual beer education. Her first book "Beer is for Everyone! (of Drinking Age)" was published in 2017 by One Peace Books. Her second book "Hooray for Craft Beer!" was released in April 2022 with Brewers Publications. Em is also co-host of the All About Beer Podcast. She lives in New England with her husband Matt and two cats- Milbo and The Geen.
Don Tse
Living near seven malthouses, Don Tse is a freelance beer and malt writer and consultant known globally as The Don of Beer. He has been active in craft beer for over 25 years and has famously sampled and written tasting notes on almost 27,000 different beers. He is the co-host of the All About Beer podcast. Don has also written for magazines and presented on beer in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ukraine and Singapore. Nobody in those countries thinks his jokes are funny.