Can. Pours pale with thin white head. Smell of malt. Taste is nice for the American Macro. Probably the best lager the AB produces.

Bottle. Medium gold color. Thin head that quickly fizzes, leaving slight lacing. Aroma is grain, hops, slightly vegetal. taste is grainy at first, not too sweet, with a very pleasant hops flavor from the middle to end. Very well balanced. Not distinctive but one of the best American macro brews.

9/25/08: Bottle. Bright yellow body with a white head and plenty of carbonation. Light lager-ish nose with notes of corn. Flavor is lager-like but it lacks any depth.

12 oz. bottle "born on" 05AUG08. Clear golden color with a medium head. Good lacing. Strong grass and hay in the aroma with some subtle grains. Sweet, green apple taste with a grainy background.

Pours a golden straw body with a healthy white crisp whispy head that falls to two fingers...glass is alive with effervescence.. and actually, not bad tracings of lace... oats and pilsner malts assault the nostrils, as expected... a bit of cereal makes this not far from malt liquor in general... thin, crisp and drinkable, if not forceful at the throat... sweet like caramel syrup--no hop balance at the teeth; burnt grains, almost like alcohol, simmer at the swallow...the bottle--always attractive--reminds me of my father’s Sunday afternoons of sports TV at the Kisatsky home...otherwise, nothing special about this brew...an Ommegang brewer recently said the Buschs seem to get the best hops at picking time, but this kind of beer makes wonder what they do it all when they get it home...