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Lightning Ionizer Lager


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A Malt Liquor brewed by
Lightning Brewery

Poway, California USA

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83.36/5.03.26/5.00.4Summer8.3%0 Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
As you might expect from a Lightning Beer, we made an American Lager that is unlike others. It is big, has a slight corn taste associated with the style, hefty hopping and a true laggered overall taste. For hops, we used American varieties and a selected strain of American Lager yeast for fermentation. This is a big beer: around 8.3% A.B.V., with a slight aroma of hops, a moderate amount of bittering hops to balance the maltiness of the beer, and a clean fermentation from the yeast and temperatures we use through the process.
 riversideAK (1334), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
May 9, 2008  
From South Bay Liquor. Pours a yellow gold with a nice big head and super sticky lacing. Aroma of corn sweetness, metallic alcohol. Perhaps some grassy hops. The flavor is pretty sweet and grainy. Corn, bread, a light bitterness. A little metallic. Tastes like your standard malt liquor but with better ingredients and no chemicals. I like malt liquor, and I liked this one. I wish I had more, kind of.


 Angeloregon (1260), Portland, Oregon, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
May 8, 2008  
Poured a robust straw yellow body with a small white head. Piss pils smell. Flavor of malt liquor and sour apple metallic skunkiness. Not very quaffable. Pretty unenjoyable.


 pepsican (510), coralville, Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
May 7, 2008  
Thanks to kingG for this bottle. Thanks Joey! hazy gold pour with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet malt and heavy grain. Lots of sweetness in the flavor, some bread, corn, and a bit of alcohol. Grainy finish, good amount of carbonation.


 Beershine (1010), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 28, 2008  
Draught at Stone World Bistro. Clear, deep golden. Roasted corn in the nose. Is well-structured with a good balance of sweet and dry with a touch of alcohol in the finish. Quite unique actually.


 JorisPPattyn (4150), Antwerpen, Belgium
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Apr 22, 2008  
Draught No head over orange, still beer. Some malts and a very light sour nose as from pickles. Winey taste, a bit sweet, with just references to hops. Cookies (fresh) and garden herbs. Some finish bitterness. Medium bodied. Bitter almonds in the aftertaste: the alcohol showing. Light bodied, but not unenjoyable. A lighter alcoholcontent might make it a good sessionbeer.




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