But at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter if your beer is a lager or an ale. It just matters if you enjoy it. For more Food & Wine news, make sure to sign up for our newsletter!

Here’s what you need to know about difference between a lager and an ale, so that you can school any beer know-it-alls in your life—or at least get a better sense of what you like to order for ...

Lager: One of two major classifications of beer. Lagers are made with yeast that sinks to the bottom of the vessel after primary fermentation. They are fermented at cooler temperatures than ales ...

Due to a lager’s empty canvas, these beers take more technical skill to brew. If anything goes wrong with a lager, you’re going to taste it, White says. “Ale yeast is more forgiving.” ...

Pale ale and IPA beer drinkers are more likely to be risk-takers and sensation-seekers, according to a new study. Despite ale drinkers being perceived as calmer than their lager cousins they still ...

Tons of other beer styles fit the bill to a degree, including IPAs, sour beers, and pale ales, but none that scratch that proverbial itch the way a lager does.

Saying “lager” is exactly like saying “ale,” in the sense that you’re invoking a sprawling family tree of beer styles, and there’s never been as much diversity in craft lager in the U ...

The traditional lager yeast, Saccharomyces pastorianus, is a hybrid cross between two yeast species: S. cerevisiae (used for producing wine and ale beer) and S.eubayanus (a wild species found on ...