Reading Premium Beer

Ruckus Brewing Company
Brewed at Lion Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
New York, New York USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Golden color, light frothy head. Completely non-descript from start to finish. Beyond boring. Dry.

355ml bottle pours a pale golden orange color with a finger and a half of white head that leaves some sporadic lacing. Aroma is cereal grains and grass. Taste is malty sweetness with a bold grassy hop bitterness that lingers a little. Light bodied with average carbonation for the style. A slight step up from a typical macro lager, not bad.

Grass and corn aroma over a hint of caramel. Light orange color. Sweet corn flavor, almost candied malt. Light body that’s about twenty percent heavier than the average macro. Another higher scoring regional revival swill.

Some maltiness in the aroma. This has a bit of a malt-liquorish flavor to it with a hint of fruitiness as well. Yet it’s not all that bad. A nice mouthfeel; okay flavor.

Pours golden into the glass, with a thin sudsy ring of bubbles. Not a lot of aroma present; possibly some silage grains going on. Corn, grains and silage/hay in the mouth. Thin on the palate and a tad cloying mouthfeel present after a corn-grain finish. Rateable? Sure. Enjoyed? That's a bird of a different color.

12 oz. Clear orange-topaz with a lasting film of bubbles. Nose of light grass, honey and caramel corn. Flavor is the same with some light earthy-spiciness and toast. Slightly heavier body than most pale lagers, and to the sweet side, with medium carbonation.

Pours clear yellow with an attractive white head and a floral aroma. There is a ho hum sweetish caramel malt flavor with a slightly bitter finish.

Bottle from a discount grocery. Pours gold with a bubbly white head. Has a sweet corn aroma. Like a juvenile version of a distasteful malt liquor. Near medium body. It’s clean, but grainy/corny with not enough hop. Has a paperish taste in the finish. Quite drinkable.

I picked up a case of these for a friends barbecue and was pleasantly surprised. Reading is a pleasant golden lager with average color and head. The nose is fresh and bready. The taste was surprisingly good, it was fresh and light with a sweet cereal flavor to it. It tickles the palate and has a very subtle and refreshing finish.Although its not the best beer I’ve ever hasd, it is a solid american lager, that is head and shoulders above its competitors, (it sells for the same price as budweiser and coors.) So if your looking for a crowd pleasing affordable beer this one fits the bill

Good overall tasting beer- I served it at a BBQ and ran out quickly. The guests loved the taste with red meat.