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Lancaster FranklinFest Lager

Lancaster FranklinFest Lager

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A Vienna brewed by
Lancaster Brewing Co.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA

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243.04/5.03.02/5.00.35.5%74.6 Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Vienna style amber lager with a light copper color and nice malt sweetness. Rich, creamy and medium to full bodied, this lager uses seven different malts and three varieties of imported and domestic hops

Editor's note: A recipe formerly brewed by Independence Brewing in Philadelphia (defunct since 2000), and ressurrected for the 300. anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth by Lancaster Brewing Company.
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 JoeMcPhee (3466), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
May 12, 2008  
Tap at the brewpub as the Festbier. Pale amber beer with a lightly flowery aroma. Soft sweetness as well. A little bit dusty and a little bit bland. Straw-like malts and some lingering floral hops. It seems a bit too similar to many of their other lagers.


 acrdz (3891), Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Pint @ Lancaster Harrisburg. Orange copper colored body. Slick, wet palate, basic flavors of cracked barley, sweet caramel malt, a touch of brown sugar and rye, similar smell. Nothing spectacular, somewhat simple, and a little coarse/grainy, which I don’t like so much in Vienna. Tasted really similar to the Spring Bock.


 adrian910ss (940), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Mar 28, 2008  
On draft at GL. Pours a light clear coppery orange with a medium beige head. Aroma of grain, wheat and faint hops. Slight malty taste with hints of grain, wheat and faint hops. Has a tangy aftertaste.


 hopdog (4201), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 27, 2007  
On tap. Poured a deeper orange color with a smaller sized white head. Aromas of bread, citrus, and caramel. Tastes follow suit with a light fruitiness. Thinner body.


 Cruzan59 (104), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 11, 2007  
Draft at LBC...pours a reddish-amber with no head...smell was mild, grainy, metallic, a bit grassy...taste was fresh with a bit of hop and some clove in the background...a decent brew...a change from my norm.




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