LandShark Lager

355 ml clear bottle. well within the best before date. my parents were recently traveling through upstate NY and Vermont and my dad picked up a mixed 6er of micros for me and a case of landshark for himself. this brew pours pale yellow with a decent head with minimal retention. active carbonation. the aroma when cold is of nothing. as it warms some sweet corn comes out and at the very end some passable pale lager real malt actually shows up. the flavour is similar to the aroma. actually not terrible but nothing really good about it. some atually decent malt does come through but there is way to much corn and no hop bitterness. the carbonation actually holds the sweetness is check. not something id ever buy but it wasnt totally a waste of time.

12oz bottle. I know know why everyone keeps making this stuff and repackaging it. While there is nothing wrong wtih this beer (i.e., no off aromas or flavors) it is exactally what you would expect from a pale Lager. I understand if you want to serve this at Margaritaville, but why mass market it?

Bottle. Pours pale gold with a rich thick head. Smells of grainy, earthy malts. Tastes of corn grain, but very crisp and refreshing, with very mild hops. Perfectly accented with a lemon and not a lime, since this is an island beer like Carib and not a mexican beer like Corona and Modelo. Overall, it is one of the best hot region beers and I always recomend it to my friends when we are out drinking.

Aroma is lacking, traces of grass, malt, and maybe some hops. Flavor was almost as bland as the smell, a little sweetness, followed by a touch of hops. Not much here.

Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small frothy white head. The aroma is typical lager, corn malt and grain. The taste is a watery corn malt with a metallic finish. Not too much going on with this pale lager from AB.

Bottle at Pot o Luck at Dillon’s. Pale yellow body reminiscent of corona. Grain, light maltiness, wet paper, and lightly metallic that might be a hop note. poor.

Bottle from Valley Farm Market. Light golden in color. Mild grainy aroma with a little bit of maltiness. Grainy flavors, some maltiness. No hops to speak of. Not as bad as I was fearing.

12 ounce bottle- poured out a clear yellow with no head to speak of. Aroma was virtually absent. The appearance of this lager was consistent with the taste, thin and weak. Probably good in the same situations as Corona, spicy foods, hot days...