American Light

Brewed by Iron City Brewing
Style: Pale Lager
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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This canned brew poured a small sized head of frothy fine to medium sized mostly diminishing white colored bubbles that left behind an unnoted lacing. The body contained soft carbonation, was transparent and yellow in color. Its aroma contained notes of malt hop and was a bit skunky. Its mouth feel is initially tingly bubbly and thin on flavor with a lingering tingly palate and a thin flavor in the aftertaste. Its flavor contained thin malt hop rice notes. Too carbonated bubbly and fizzy for meNot one I would buy again.

Can. Medium sized white head, fair lacing, very little carbonation, transparent, and a pale yellow hue. Malty and skunky aroma. Sweet and malty flavor. Tingly mouthfeel. Light bodied. Enough said.

Slight metallic aroma. Sweetish corn smell and very little hops. Mild. Soda-like head - big white and frothy then disappears. Visible carb in light pale straw color. Light watery body and high carbonation - almost fizzy. Actually has a decent taste for an American light. Corn/rice sweet notes, very little hops. Bit of bitterness, more from the can than hops. Slight chemical after and sweet dull finish. A decent "value-priced" American light. Much better than their Old German.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2007 How did PGH Brewing ever score the rites to a name like American? Yes, the american light form the company that invented the first ‘light beer’ & the makers of light brigade. Don’t say ‘this is first’ because it is one of the low price leaders in the south western PA region. 29 US cents per 12 oz can. Nice average flavor for a lager. I heard this is sold abroad and it sells well outside of the US. It says it has the strength of america in it. Pours very light yellow but not quite bright enough to be called lemon. Not a ticker because I rate this as I taste. Very few bubbles in the brew but the carbonation is decent to below average. It is a little bit light on the palate. Personally, I think that PGH brewing’s other lite knock off ‘brigade’ may be much better. A well behaved lager with a rapidly fading finish that is not an insult to the back of your throat. Good deal and it fills in where the raters leave off.

does not smell very appealing, appearance is a bit better than expected, flavor: ive had worse but too much alcohol taste, palate, decently watery, overall 4/20

If I wans’t from Pittsburgh this woud be rated the lowest. Here in Pgh, we drank this when we were young and hiding in the woods. I guess whoever we stole it from didn’t miss it. Tried it again and it hasn’t changed.

Same great American taste, less great American calories! Sadly, there is nothing less American than having less calories in anything.

Better than regualr american but american ice is still the best american product.

A very cheap beer, made my Pittsburgh, not a great taste, but hey, when its beer...

Yet another beer from Pittsburgh Brewing Company that is really bad. No flavor what so ever, except for a harshness to it.