Pioneer Lager

Brewed by Sand Creek Brewing Company
Style: Pale Lager
Black River Falls, Wisconsin USA

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

This came from the BOM club. Really not that good. Oh well. How much can you say about a beer you will probably never drink again?

12 oz bottle. Poured a clear dark orange color. Head was two fingers high and off white with decent retention. Some lace was left behind at the end. There were whiffs of biscuity malt and subdued caramel, but not much else. Dry and grainy flavor accented by white paper and some grassy hops. Eh.

Pcked up single 12-oz bottle from Brennan’s Country Farm Market in Brookfield, WI. Pours a clear pale golden amber brew with a fast dissolving white head that almost dissipates clean. Aroma of light multi-grain malt, some gassy hops, and some white bread yeast. Taste is light to medium bodied, well-carbonated, with a white bread and grassy hop flavor. Finish is slightly watery, a mild bitterness, with a light bread aftertaste. Nothing out of the ordinary, just a simple lager beer.

Appearance: Pours a faint, light copper body with a thin, white ring of bubbles. Smell: Weak, displeasing aroma of pale malts with a touch of mustiness and floral hops. Taste: Thin, sweet pale malt flavor. Faint hint of caramel. The floral hops and the bitterness they kindly impart are definitely on the lighter side of things. Finishes watery. Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Nothing to see here, folks.

Name: Pioneer Lager
Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

clear gold, fine white head, light earthy hop aroma, sweet cereal flavor balanced by earthy hops,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Pours a lightly effervescent golden bronze with a frothy clingy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale grainy malt and a touch of earthy hops. Body starts fairly standard for the style with a hint of pale malty sweetness and some mild bittering hops. Pretty smooth, but uninteresting.

Pours from the bottle to a nice copper color, but thin white head sdissipates quickly and leaves no lacing. Faint hoppy, grainy aroma truns quickly to a stale scent. Mouthfeel is bland and taste is absent, all leading to a short, stale, dry finish. This is a step above the BMC lagers...but not much. Unfortunately, this would not even make a good session beer.

Pours deep copper. Aroma is malt & bread. More hops than I thought there would be. Better than expected.