Herkimer Handys Lager

Brewed by Herkimer Pub & Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

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

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On tap at the brewpub, June 2007. Very pale and watery appearance. Aroma was almost totally absent. Some sweet corny notes in the flavour but not a lot else. Dull and thin. Obviously brewed for the BMC drinkers. Pretty poor stuff.

Draft @ Brewpub: Clear yellow, light head, nice lacing. Nose of light sweet malt, clean yeast and toast and sawdust. The flavor is dry, nice toast and malt, good/clean.

Pours an incedibly light gold almsot like a coors or miller light with a thin white head. Aroma is moslty fresh pils malt with touches of corn or at least osme DMS but mostly clean with a touch of hops. Mostly a very bland pils malt flavor with mayb ehints of corn but othersie there is hardly any dms in the flavor and otherwise is pretty clean and easy drinking. Not bad ofr a light lager.

On draught at the brewpub in uptown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pours a clear golden colored brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that dissipates to a thin ring and minimal lacing. Aroma of golden grain malt, a hint of creamed corn, a hint of grassy hops and some light butter. Taste is light bodied, some carbonation with flavors of golden grain malt, sharp grassy hops and some crystal hops. Finish is slightly dry and then a crisp finish with no bitter aftertaste. An average light lager close to the macro beer without the heavy advertising.

Gold color. A little grainy aroma and taste. If this was in a can, it’d be a great lawnmower beer. Nothing special, but non-offensive.

Not much to say about this. It is almost clear. Low carbonation, and it tastes like any cheap pale lager. Not really crisp, which would have been nice as it would have meant some flavor.

Looks just like the Silver Bullet. Tastes of corn with just a small amount of hoppiness. These guys should be ashamed of themselves for this. Awful.

Clear yellow, hint of green. Dusty, grainy aroma, the smell of a liquor store with lots of cardboard boxes, or a nightclub the morning after an event. A bit of wood, too. Standard carbonation. Hops but a weird flavor, mildly bitter in the end. A better "light" lager than the macros, to be sure, but how much else it achieves I'm not so sure.

On tap at Herkimer Pub & Brewery. Hazy straw yellow with a thin white head and minimal lacing. Aroma of burnt match and sweet malt. Very mild taste of sweet malt and honey with a dry finish.

Tap. Light yellow pour with a small foamy white head. Aroma is grainy funk. Lighter palate. Taste is grain, grass, and a touch of honey. Blah.