Labatt Blue Light

Brewed by Labatt Breweries (InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
London, Canada

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

24 oz can. Pours a light brownish golden color with a light white head that disappears. Watery, but refreshing. Better than I expected, not a real bad light beer.

Clear yellow with a fast fading fizzy white head. Aroma is slight sweetness and not much else. Taste is the same with mildly skunky hop flavor.

Cans from Keith in Buffalo. I often wonder about gradual ratings creep - the slow inflation of my own ratings. Years ago, this would probably have scored under a 1.0/1.5 for being ’boring’. Nowadays, especially in this hot summer, the light, seemingly corn-free mild taste is welcome indeed. Sweetness is restrained and it’s surprisingly clean - just a simple, downable pale lager. Will enjoy more of these.

Light golden with a small white head and decent carbonation. Aroma is light hops. A touch of grain and corn. Flavor is same as the aroma but more corn seem to come out. Hey, it’s not horrible. Just very light and booooorrrring. This does just fine out on the water on a warm day when there is nothing else and it is free beer.

This was what was in the mother-in-laws fridge. I don’t turn down free beer. Just a rule of mine. Pours a golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of malt and corn. Taste is a bit harsh, bold malt not terribly appealing but not really terrible. If there is nothing else, this will do.

It was either this or Miller Lite at a graduation party. The best I can say is that it was harmless. No aroma or taste, and only 4% ABV.

This was a lot better than I had thought- basically it’s a decent deep incredibly watered down very slight presence of hops and pale malt, lots of carbonation. Nothing at all offensive.

A buddy brought over a 24 pack of it. I am broke so how could I resist? A see-through light golden color spills into the glass. A frothy, honeycomb-like head forms and quickly dissolves. Very weak color, carbonation continues throughout. Not a solitary trace of head as the level of liquid goes down. The smell is standard corn and rice stock, but has a slight -- very slight -- malty sweetness which makes the smell tolerable for a macro. I must say that I do prefer this beer to the regular BMC fare. It is smoother and slightly sweeter than most macros. Having said that, it’s a subpar lager by Beer Advocate standards. It’s very light and watery, which is actually what you would want from this caliber of beer. Makes it easier to drink. Again, by the standard to which it is held, it’s got a decent feel. Not too fizzy. I don’t have to choke it down. (I probably would if it warmed up, but that’s beside the point.) I have drank many of these in my day, and quite frankly you could do a lot worse. It’s a very solid compared to its average macro brethren. But by normal standards, it’s very much a cut below.