Half Acre Lager

Pours a deep gold with very little to no head. Aroma is mildly sour and fruity with some sweet malt and honey present. Flavor is very malty with almost no hops. Very grainy and almost a bready aftertaste. Medium bodied with a crisp finish. Nothing standing out here.

Tasted 5/27/08. 12oz bottle. Filtered with a bright golden amber hue. Finger width of off-white cream colored head. Mild nose with hints of caramel and hearty breads. On the fuller side of light bodied. Good mouthfeel for a lager. Tingling effervescence followed by a slightly salty caramel flavor. Crisp with nice fruity estery undertones. Finishes crisp with a mildly cloying sticky flavor. Decent hop presence. Sticky citrus hops. Nice lacing head. Picked up a six on a whim while in Chicago, and this turned out to be a diamond in the rough! If I was local, I’d definitely get more of this for the summer.

Pours a darker golden with a pretty standard off-white foamy head. Sour bready malt and metallic hop aroma. Sweet bready malt and metallic bitter hop flavor, well balance and straight forward. Funky aftertaste. Very average body, crisp and well carbonated.

(Tap) Pours a light amber color without much in the way of head. Sweet malty aroma, with some grass and light hop in there as well. Taste is a little more hoppy than I expected, but is generally pretty well balanced. Light caramel malts, with crisp citrus hops in the taste. It’s a decent beer, but I’m not sure it belongs in the Premium Lager category.

Honestly, I’m disappointed to learn that this is contract brewed, I wish we had more breweries in Chicago. It pours a clear amber with a small head. The nose is sweet and malty, with some hops in there. The taste is a good caramel/toffee flavor, with crisp hops finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, but well-carbonated. This is really good for a lager