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With City Light we chose to not utilize adjuncts and instead brew a beer with the highest quality products we could get our hands on, all with the intention of brewing the best and most flavorful beer possible.Īppearance: Straw gold with a slight haze. City Light and many other (but not all) craft alternatives are brewed with an all-malt base and many are hopped at higher rates as well. NYC water is among some of the best brewing water on the planet and its low mineral content is perfect for a beer of this style.Ĭity Light is a light lager, a beer style most commonly associated with “Big Beer.” Talk about the burgeoning craft light lager movement and how beers like City Light are different than traditional macro options.Īlmost all macro/ “big beer” lagers are brewed with a large portion of adjuncts - things like corn, rice and syrups. For such a low color malt it delivers amazing malt complexity, so we can squeeze as much flavor as possible into such a light beer. Bohemian pilsner malt is grown in the Czech Republic and malted in Germany.
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In addition to Czech-grown Saaz hops, this beer showcases Bohemian pilsner malt and amazing NYC water. In a beer this light all the components matter. What are some other notable characteristics of City Light? We add it multiple times in the kettle when brewing City Light, first as a wort addition and then just before the end of the boil. It has a unique spicy character that differentiates it from other hops and can also come off as citrusy at times. Saaz is a floral and grassy/herbal hop that is irreplaceable when brewing Czech style lagers. What flavors and aromas does this noble varietal produce? The Czech Saaz hop plays a starring role in City Light. It was originally brewed as a small batch offering for our tasting room (mainly as a shift beer for our brewery workers) and it was well received so we decided to roll it out as a permanent option. What does City Light add to the brewery’s diverse array of easy-drinking brews?Ĭity Light is the easiest drinking of all our beers and is perfect for those times when you just want to sit back and have a couple. Since its inception, Five Boroughs has churned out a lot of delicious lagers. Brewed exclusively with premium German malts and Czech Saaz hops, City Light is a serious beer that’s also seriously sessionable. Beer Bulletins are penned by Nick Griffin, Five Boroughs Brewing Co.’s Head of Brewing and Quality Management.Ĭity Light is an unfiltered light craft lager making its debut in 2019.