The Land-Grant Brewing Company today announced a new seasonal can release, Deep Search, a Baltic Porter-style lager. This release marks the first packaged Land-Grant lager to be released for distribution; previously canned beers have all been ales.
The brewery describes Deep Search as “a beer brewed for a life at sea and the anchor of our Sea-Grant Beer Series. Deep Search is a strong lager with a dark and malty complexion. Warm, sweet, complex. A reminder of love lost, and the adventure ahead.”
Cans will be available in six-packs from the Land-Grant taproom, as well as fine craft beer retailers throughout Central Ohio. The first 10 people to purchase a Deep Search six-pack at the taproom tomorrow will receive a limited edition poster.
5 Comments on "Land-Grant cans first lager"
Baltic Porters are English Ales and NOT lagers. Jesus.
A “Baltic Porter” is not the same thing as an English Porter. It users lager yeast instead of ale yeast. More info: https://beerandbrewing.com/VTF8LC4AAEQKdZDC/article/baltic-porter-lagers-answer-to-imperial-stout
Never said it was an English Porter, said it was an English Ale. It’s not a lager.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/
What makes a Lager? What makes a Lager is what temperature you ferment the beer at. Lagers are fermented between 48-58ºf while ales ferment at 60–72º F. Baltic porters are fermented at 60–72º F which makes it a ale. Although Baltic porters use lager yeast it is in FACT an ale, Baltic porter is a close cousin of Imperial stout and Imperial stouts are not lagers.
Hello again, anon. Walt Keys from Land-Grant says they “lagered this for six weeks with lager yeast” and he further cited BJCP’s definition of the beer: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style12.php#1c As I did not brew the beer, I can only go off of what the brewery tells me, so if you want to talk to them about why they’re calling it a lager, feel free.