Pairing Beer with Food - Pairing Beer with Food

Pairing Beer with Food

When most people hear the word "lager," their thoughts immediately turn to the mass-produced stuff that comes in cans at the grocery store. While most of these are lagers, they only represent one jewel in the lager crown. The word lager actually comes from the German word lagern, which means "to store." Lagers are subjected to long fermentation and aging periods in order to produce a brew of exceptional clarity and refinement. (As the German saying goes, "Iss, was gar ist, trink, was klar ist, und sprich, was wahr ist:" Eat what is well cooked, drink what is clear, and speak what is true.) A true lager takes at least 30 days to prepare.