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Brewed principally from malted barley (no cane sugar, an adjunct), hops and water using bottom-fermentation (the yeast, Saccharomyces uvarum, ferments at cool temperatures, and flocculates to the bottom of the vat), they are then stored in refrigerated cellars for lagering (or maturing and clarification). Lagers are stored at a low temperature (as low as 0 °C / 32 °F) for several weeks to several months, clearing, acquiring mellowness, and becoming charged with carbon dioxide. Many popular beers are lagers. There are bitter and aromatic varieties (noble hops).

Lager beers run the gamut from sweet to bitter, and from pale to black. Most lagers are of pale to medium colour, with high carbonation, medium to high hop flavour, and alcohol content of 3–5 percent by volume. There are several types of lagers

1 Common varieties of lager

• Dortmund
• Munich (see Helles)
• PilsenerPilsener or pilsner (optional capitalization) is a type of lager beer. It was developed in the city of Pilsen, Czech Republic. It is generally distinguished from other lagers by a more prominent hop character, particularly from noble hops. Up to the 1840s
• Vienna lagerVienna lager is a style of lager beer. It was developed by brewer Anton Dreher in Vienna in 1841. Its popularity in Europe eventually faded, but Austrian brewers who emigrated to Mexico revived the style in the late 19th century. The Association of Brewer
• California Common Beer / Steam Beer (fermented with Saccharomyces Uvarum at room temperature, thus arguably not a lager)

2 Popular brands of lager

• Pilsener Urquell : the "original", Czech, malty, aromatic noble hops.
• Becks : Germany's most popular pilsener, brewed in the German state of BremenBremen [ˈbreːmən] is a city in northern Germany (official name: Freie und Hansestadt Bremen referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League) situated along the river Weser. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the stat.
• Flensburg Pilsener : Very bitter pilsener, brewed in Schleswig-HolsteinFlag Statistics Capital: Kiel Area:ca 15,776 km² Inhabitants:2,777,000 1999 pop. density:176 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SH Politics Minister-President: Heide Simonis ( SPD) Ruling party: SPD/ Green coalition Map Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmos, the northernmost German state.
• Jever : a popular North-German pilsener, brewed in Lower SaxonyFlag Statistics Capital: Hanover Area:47,618 km² Inhabitants:7,993,415 2003 pop. density:168 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-NI Politics Minister-President: Christian Wulff ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU/ FDP Map With an area of 47,618 km² and nearly eight mil.
• CarlsbergCarlsberg Beer is a product of Carlsberg A/S headquartered in Valby, Denmark, and its operating company, Carlsberg Breweries A/S, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Carlsberg was founded by J. Jacobsen in 1847, and the first brew was finished on Novemb: Danish, standard international lager.
• HeinekenHeineken (or Heineken Brouwerijen is a Dutch beer brewer, established in 1873, with more than 110 breweries in over 50 countries. Beer production is 9,000 million litres per year (9 GL/yr) (1999), ranking second in the world, after Budweiser. Heineken is: Dutch, standard international lager.
• Harp : Irish, standard international lager.
• Carling: English.
• Stella Artois: Belgian, standard international lager.