Keystone Ice

Brewed by Coors Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Golden, Colorado USA

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

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A: The pour is like pretty much any other adjunct lager, clear light golden color with a white head that ends up being nothing more than a thin layer. S: Cooked vegetables right away, I’m thinking string beans and asparagus. Some nice corn notes along with a mild graininess. A decent alcohol presence as well. T: This beer is harsh. Abrasively alcoholic without much else (flavor-wise) to cover it up. Some hints of corn and perhaps some grain sweetness. M: The body is light and the carbonation is very high. D: Ice tends to be synonymous with "horrendous" in terms of beer and this can did nothing to change that.

A buddy of mine said this was the smoothest and best ice beer out there... yeah... right...

Appearance: Pours a clear, shiny yellow body. Smell: Sweet-smelling pale malts with a few bubblegum wrappers and a dollop of shaving cream. Taste: Sweet cereal taste with a hint of mad genetic tinkering. Hint of fake flowers. Very light touch of bitterness. Finishes sweet with a taste of Juicy Fruit bubblegum. Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Surprisingly tolerable for a cheap, canned macro lager. You can’t spell "nice" with i-c-e, baby!

Can @ the First Annual Rocky Mountain Malt Liquor Tasting. Very clear, light yellow appearance with a fluffy white head. Corn, grainy malt, fusel alcohol aroma. Boozy, thick grainy, corn, nasty flavor. Maybe I could drink this beer bonging but it tastes like fucking hell.

poured yellow with a white head. nose was corn, fruity malts, not much else. very thin on the palate, more corn and fruity malts.

[Colorado Road Trip – 2006] A super light beer that had very little flavor or finish. This was just a thirst quencher for when you’re in college and had no taste but gets you buzzed and a bad hangover.

This beer is even worse than Keystone Premium, but the 5.9% more than makes Ice the better. Pours light gold with a small head, and it generally smells horrible. Taste is chemicals and bad water. Not good in any way but price.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2006 Ah Ice Beer, the poor man’s Eisbock. Detecting the aroma is nearly impossible; I did get something however. I got a smell that’s just malt and a little bit of metal. The appearance is pale gold and the head is tiny. The flavor is metallic and malty just like the aroma. It also has a corn taste that gives it a flavor that is not unlike beer bread. The palate is "low gravity" wink wink. The drab generic looking can pretty much tells the whole story.

Ahh, drink three of these babies and you are in the ’Key Zone’ one of the best beers made for the price. A malty alcohol aroma with an alcohol taste that kinda reminds me of sprite. Sugary, and fairly syruppy.

UPDATED: JUL 26, 2003 Has an airy and quick-disappearing head. Looks and smells like a cheap bad beer, which it is. After a hard day in the garage however, it passes. reminds me of steel reserve.