Crooked River Light

Formerly brewed at Crooked River Brewery (Snyder Intl)
Style: Pale Lager
Frederick, Maryland USA

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

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A beer that lacks character and is rather plain.In other words, nothing special stood out about this beer.It formed virtually no head and there were fine-sized bubbles observed.The body had some lively carbonation to it and it was just a bit cloudy.The hue was pale yellow and there was no lacing.The nose was malty and the flavor was slightly hoppy.The mouthfeel was tingly, smooth, watery and light bodied.

Far from impressive. This has a tangy and sour feel but is watery more than anything. Not worth it.

This brew poured a small head of quickly disappearing medium sized white bubbles that left very little lacing and a transparent softly carbonated orange colored body behind. Its aroma is a plesant malty one and its mouthfeel is quite bubbly. The flavor is a tad off and thin though. Otherwise, I was starting to like this one. That is until I tasted it.

Relies on its light diacetyl for most of its flavor. Really not that bad for a lite beer. Not really unlike their basic lager.

Nice light beer with good flavor. A tad fizzy and aggressive in the mouth but a nice clean and refreshing beer. Somewhat watery but what do you expect from a light beer?

This light beer is all malt and very clean. Body is light but not as light as the macros. This one is more in the category of Amstel Light in terms of body and flavor but it’s much better than Amstel. I find it clean, refreshing and very enjoyable. A good trade-up for macro and import light beer drinkers. Is this going to lure craft beer drinkers into drinking light beer? No, but it isn’t intended to. After all, what self-respecting craft beer drinker is going to buy light beer on a regular basis? This is a great beer for craft drinkers to keep in the fridge for their non-beer geek friends.

light straw color. Palate was fizzy and "mushy". A very small step above most macros. This was very disappointing, knowing how much better this brewer can do.

Almost approaching Coors light in the "taste" category, but not quite that bad. A weak attempt.