Central City Red Racer Lager

Brewed by Central City Brewing
Style: Pale Lager
Surrey, Canada

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

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Decent lager with some nice sweet malt aroma and honey taste. Noticeable hops at the end.

A: Pale, golden-straw body. Slightly cloudy. Large fluffy white head. Quickly settled down as it left spotty sticky lacing. S: Light grains, grassy-floral hop notes. Restrained and clean. T: Light, slightly-sweet grains. Large grassy character. Slightly bitter. M: Moderate carbonation up-front gives way to a slightly thin and weak finish. Nice dry, refreshing feel but lacks that crisp bite that would improve the beer. O: Overall, a pleasant easy-drinking lager. Not the most complex brew, but its not marred by any off-notes... Worth a shot.

Wasn’t too bad. Typical lager. Not really malty, not really hoppy. Light body, average carbonation. Can’t recall the finish, but I’m thinking it wasn’t too bad. As lagers go I’d drink it again, but I wouldn’t go out of my way. Surprisingly I liked it better than the white ale.

355ml can. Pours light yellow, small white head. Nose has light malt/grain sweetness. Flavour has some more grain notes, quick sweetness with a light grassy hop character with a low key bitterness that makes this more tolerable than most pale lagers. Light body, average carbonation and mouthfeel.

pour clean and clear with lots of carbonation and has a slight murky but clean yellow to white colour. aroma is somewhat sweet oats, very pilnser like and has an overall reduced aroma. it is a light to medium bodied brew with aspirations of hops but not much in terms of flavour. For a lager i was expecting a bit more overall roundness because as it is the brew is fairly generic.

355ml can. Clear pale yellow pour with aspirations of gold with a white head that looks a little like bubble bath... Weird nose that almost wants to be hoppy but has an almost medicinal quality. Clean and crisp on the palate, a touch sweet with a faint hoppiness in a very light finish. Pretty good for the style...I guess.

Can, part of the summer mixer. Very pale yellow with brisk carbo and a medium white head, no lace. Aroma initially reveals subtle tinned pineapple and biscuit, but these elements are short lived, yielding to a low aroma of clean grains. Grainy palate of low sweetness with a light hop note in the finish, marred by a slight plastic and metallic aftertaste. I expected a better lager from these guys. Just okay for me.

On tap at Central City Brew Pub. Pours a clear, pale yellow. Aroma is bitter, of grain and grass. Flavour of grain, grass and biscuit. Bitter, with good carbonation.

Single can purchased in Penticton, BC on 05/21/2011. Colour: Very pale...light yellow highlights...wow is this ever pale. Nose: Sea foam, faint yeast, small amounts of rye and coriander. Taste: Light sweet, light sour, light bitter. Kind of a corn-sweet throughout the palate..then something a little differet at finish..very herbal but not powerful...like a pork rub. Regardless - This one didn’t feel right or balanced from the start.

Can picked up at Julio’s on our way to EBF. Served in a Hill Farmstead wine glass. Pour brings a bright straw-colored beer with a single-finger white head and a good amount of lacing. The nose is lightly hoppy with a bit of straw and hay plus an unfortunate touch of DMS. The flavor has a bit of DMS as well, though not as much as in the nose. Other than that, some raw grain and very faint hops. Feel is light with high carbonation. Drinkability is decent, though there are certainly better options. Serving type: can Reviewed on: 03-15-2011

A - Malt and grain A - Light yellow T - Sweet with slight dry finish M - Thin and mid carbonation O - A good lager