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Defenders of Freedom Choice Lager

Defenders of Freedom Choice Lager - Pale Lager

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 Percentile 
4
overall
Brewed by City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co)
Style: Pale Lager

La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

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181.63/5.01.94/5.0-32.7Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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 Arayaga2 (934), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Gold with carbonation evident, and minimal white head. Aroma is slightly appley with mild fruity esters. Taste is the same, ending in milld melanoidins. Not bad, especially at $9/case


 PorterPounder (3133), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/59/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beverage Warehouse - 12 oz bottle. Medium copper pour with a light white head. Bad, corny aroma with a hint of metal. Bad homebrew flavor with loads of mushy corn and alcohol. Mouthfeel is metallic and dull. Pass on this one


 radagast83 (1273), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a golden color, small white head. Aroma is sweet. Flavor is pretty standard, but not harsh like so many other cheap "macro style" beers. If presented the choice of drinking this or the regular swill - I’d hands down chose this one.


 MrBunn (1523), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 1, 2009  
Bottle (although mine says "Brewed and bottled by Coastal Brewing Co. Dover, DE") Be all that as it may, this pours a golden color that doesn’t match the Pale Lager category at all. The head is confusing, too. It isn’t fizzy, but it’s dense and foamy looking. Even the aromas are full and complex. Flavor is simply not pale lager... it is creamy and sweet... thick and almost chewy. Not a pale lager. No way.


 nuplastikk (1161), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
Jul 14, 2009  
12oz bottle. Thin amber-orange color, minimal, though present, head. Sweet, macro aroma. There is no defense for this beer. Thin, potentially medium bodied I suppose, with a watery adjuncty sweetness. There is some spicy hop balance that quickly fades away, but overall this beer kind of sucks. Imperialist Offense Swill would be a better name.


 21iceman40 (1731), vienna, West Virginia, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/511/20
Apr 6, 2009  
Haha, this beer is both awesome and it actually helps out the troops. I drank this while building levels 4 and 4.5 of the beer room. It is an excellent session working mans beer that has some brass to it. America, Fuck ya.


 Elwood (677), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
0.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/102/51/101/51/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Draft. I stopped by a local bar and had never heard of this beer, so I thought, what the heck! Why not try one! I should have known something was up when the bartender raised and eyebrow and jerked back her head in a "Are you serious?!?!?!" maneuver. It was a very pale yellow with a small, fluffy, white head. The first smell is what gave it way though. Definite adjunct riddled swill. The first taste made me ponder whether this was the worst beer I’ve ever tasted. It isn’t (hence the 0.6) but it’s pretty damn close (hence the 0.6). Taste is of corn, aluminum, and is a bitter watery mess. This stuff is dreadful. Best reserved for when the inlaws come over.


 Nejhleader (924), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/51/102/53/20
Mar 24, 2009  
not far off from natty ice. had to buy it cause of the hilarious name and logo design.



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