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A room first. Draft hardware later.
Orlando drinks in rooms. Ivanhoe Park names a Golden Pilsner and an American IPA on its homepage. Ten10 lists Subtropic Saint as a Kölsch and First Flight as an IPA. Deviant Wolfe publishes Iron Bend as a light American lager. Those are tap-list words from the hosts, then draft hardware if you pour at home.
Lager versus ale
The split is yeast and temperature. BJCP’s yeast study page: ale yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, typically 55 to 75 °F. Lager yeast is Saccharomyces pastorianus, typically 46 to 56 °F. Color does not tell you the family. A dark beer can be a lager. A pale beer can be an ale. The American Homebrewers Association uses the same species names and flags Kölsch as a gray area: an ale fermented cooler than many ales. Ten10’s Subtropic Saint sits in that gray area on a local board.
Yeast family sits on Lager vs ale. For how to read name, style, and ABV on a chalkboard, see How to read a tap list.
A room versus a fridge at home
A tasting room has a board, a host, and a last-call. A kegerator is a fridge with a tower. Both can pour a pilsner. Only one of them is a Tuesday in a cited room. Draft hardware stays on Shop and Kegerator vs bottles if you already decided to pour at home. A kegerator kit is the last door, not the first.
Central Florida afternoons are hot. Alcohol by volume is still the number on the board. A lower printed ABV is less alcohol in the glass. That is arithmetic. It is not an argument that lagers are better in the heat. Both families include lower-ABV beers. Iron Bend at 4.5% and First Flight at 5.5% are numbers those hosts print.
Search a home kegerator only if the room is not tonight's job. Get this. A handle only if the tower already pours. Get this.