Three Cheers For The Craft Lager Boom

When it comes to craft beer, it's still an IPA world, and probably always will be. Microbreweries will probably always favor IPAs, with a minority going hard into sours, with a few heavy stouts mixed in. We're talking big, bold beers with equally bold flavors. Traditionally, there hasn't been a place for the relatively humble lager, but in the past couple of years, that is actually changing. Pretty much any brewery you go to nowadays has a lager on tap, if not multiple. And while I'm sure they're not best sellers, they are often cheaper than their IPA brethren (and always cheaper than a stout or sour). 

There will always be the kind of beer people who stick their noses up at a lager, preferring their IPAs and sours. But for many of us, sometimes all we want is a beer that tastes like beer, and the market (finally) seems to be realizing that. Maybe now we can see some lager experimentation; I know I would personally love to see more doppelbocks floating around. It's too fun a style to have so few examples out there.