Foggy Bottom Lager

Formerly brewed at Matt Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager
Utica, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass

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What a crashing bore. This is the later incarnation of Olde Heurich Maerzen, which was one of the first micros I ever had, circa 1992. That one was delicious, with rich, complex malt and a bit of alcohol. This one is a generic East Coast amber lager with basically nothing to recommend it, though no noticeable flaws either. I rather despise this contract brewer for changing the recipe and taking the picture of his grandfather off the label (at least the latter was an actual brewer).

Looking at the other ratings, I might've gotten a bad keg (at the Norfolk VA airport). Mine was bright orange. It was excessively sweet, like gatorade sweet, and tangy. Something wrong here maybe, but not a good maerzen.