The 25 Best Lagers of 2022
We went over the top with this one. Why? Because we love lagers! And also because we celebrate National Lager Day on December 10, 2022.
We've asked this question a few times, but it bears repeating here: When will it officially be the year of the lager? Was it 2022? Will it be 2023?
For now at least, we can confidently say that December 10 is the day of the lager.
So yes, we asked the app to spit out this list including all lagers. We're talking everything: American lager, Japanese rice lager, Mexican lager, Vienna lager, India pale lager, pale lager, amber lager, American amber/red lager, dark lager, Munich Dunkel, Dortmunder/export, bock, doppelbock, weizenbock, eisbock, maibock, märzen, rauchbier, helles, kölsch, kellerbier/zwickelbier, pilsner, imperial pilsner, German pilsner, Italian pilsner, Czech pilsner, and anything in between.
But what we found so interesting is that, out of all those categories, the most highly rated you'll find on this list?
Pilsners and their ilk.
Which makes sense because last year, for the first time ever, pilsners cracked the top ten most checked-in styles of the year on the Untappd app, with just over 1 million check-ins. For the record, it was the only lager substyle to make it to the list. But the future impact of lagers on the hop-loving masses remains to be seen.
So drink one of these top-rated versions and unlock our National Lager Day Badge.
To earn this badge: From December 9, 2022, to December 11, 2022, Check-in any one (1) beer in the beer style / category: lager. Including: Bock - Doppelbock, Bock - Eisbock, Bock - Hell / Maibock / Lentebock, Bock - Single / Traditional, California Common, Festbier, Historical Beer - Zoigl, Kellerbier / Zwickelbier, Lager - Amber, Lager - American Amber / Red, Lager - American Light, Lager - American, Lager - Dark, Lager - Dortmunder / Export, Lager - Helles, Lager - IPL (India Pale Lager), Lager - Japanese Rice, Lager - Leichtbier, Lager - Mexican, Lager - Munich Dunkel, Lager - Pale, Lager - Red, Lager - Strong, Lager - Vienna, Lager - Winter, Malt Beer, Malt Liquor, Märzen, Non-Alcoholic Beer - Lager, Pilsner - Czech, Pilsner - German, Pilsner - Imperial / Double, Pilsner - Italian, Pilsner - Other, Porter - Baltic, Rauchbier, Schwarzbier.
Looking for a place to start? Try one of these highest-rated versions of the year.
Untappd's 25 Highest-Rated Lagers of the Year
1. Memoria - Hill Farmstead Brewery
4.7% ABV
N/A IBU
2,925 Ratings
2. Palatine Pils - Suarez Family Brewery
4.9% ABV
N/A IBU
10,746 Ratings
3. Qualify Pils - Suarez Family Brewery
5% ABV
N/A IBU
7,973 Ratings
4. Marie - Hill Farmstead Brewery
5% ABV
N/A IBU
12,852 Ratings
5. Mary - Hill Farmstead Brewery
4.6% ABV
60 IBU
20,507 Ratings
6. Barrel-Aged P3 Oktoberfest - Phase Three Brewing
15% ABV
N/A IBU
1,059 Ratings
7. Slow Pour Pils - Bierstadt Lagerhaus
4.7% ABV
20 IBU
14,916 Ratings
8. Timbo Pils - Highland Park Brewery
5.8% ABV
N/A IBU
6,127 Ratings
9. Ex-Girlfriend 2022 BA Bourbon Blend - Jopen
15.8% ABV
N/A IBU
1,533 Ratings
10. Barrel-Aged Knock One Bock - Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.
14.8% ABV
N/A IBU
1,502 Ratings
11. Polotmavy 12° - Human Robot
5% ABV
N/A IBU
3,766 Ratings
12. Reality Czeck - Moonlight Brewing Company
4.9% ABV
20 IBU
8,342 Ratings
4.2% ABV
N/A IBU
4,176 Ratings
14. Death & Taxes - Moonlight Brewing Company
5.3% ABV
N/A IBU
18,518 Ratings
15. Original Lager - Goldfinger Brewing Company
5.2% ABV
18 IBU
4,147 Ratings
16. 8th Anniversary Collaborative Pilsner - Other Half Brewing Co.
5% ABV
N/A IBU
1,766 Ratings
17. Zhigulikkeller - Midnight Project
4.5% ABV
37 IBU
3,767 Ratings
18. Tipsy in Tijuana - Backpocket Brewing
5% ABV
24 IBU
2,054 Ratings
19. Hallertau Pils - Human Robot
5.2% ABV
N/A IBU
7,075 Ratings
20. Whisper - Tree House Brewing Company
5.3% ABV
N/A IBU
6,736 Ratings
21. Petřín 11˚ - Schilling Beer Co.
4.4% ABV
N/A IBU
2,087 Ratings
22. Nomad - Tree House Brewing Company
4.8% ABV
N/A IBU
8,001 Ratings
23. Prince Percy - Maine Beer Company
5.1% ABV
N/A IBU
6,776 Ratings
24. Mönchsambacher Lagerbier - Brauerei Zehendner
5.5% ABV
N/A IBU
8,356 Ratings
25. Side Pull - Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Side Pull
Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Collaboration with Bierstadt Lagerhaus
Lager - Světlé (Czech Pale)
4.1% ABV
30 IBU
4,318 Ratings
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