Loving the Lager

by Daniel Barnes / Comstock’s Magazine

Peter Hoey used to joke that he was a “closet lager drinker” in an ale-obsessed industry. As a beer drinker and brewer, the Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse cofounder cut his teeth on classic German styles like helles lagers and pilsners. But while the general American drinking public joins Hoey in preferring light, crisp, quaffable lagers over ales, craft breweries often give these cold-fermented brews the cold shoulder.

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