 cazort (368), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 28, 2008
(Bottle) I think this beer is miscategorized as a "pale lager" and I have a hard time understanding why it has such low reviews. This tastes more like a typical German Dortmunder/Helles, except without the richness of the malt. There are a lot of hops and the hops have a German character to them...good, somewhat metallic, but not unpleasant. Moderately bitter; much more bitter than is typical for something called a "pale lager". The main thing lacking about this beer is that it is extremely thin, to the point of being very watery. Still, it’s a perfectly drinkable beer. There is no unpleasant sweetness the way there is in most pale lagers.
dwyerpg (2092), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sep 6, 2008 Smells a bit strongly of malt. A quickly gone but good-looking head. This is pretty good. Some malts up front. Dryness and hops in the finish. An easy-drinking light brew.
Allen (632), Wölflinswil, Switzerland
Aug 26, 2008 Bottled 334ml. It pours a golden beer with a decent white head. Pleasant nose with hints of cereals, melon and tobacco. Slightly metallic. Grainy taste. Medium bodied. Slight bitterness. Malty. Melon and tobacco showing up again. Metallic. Dry finish. The alcohol is a little too present. (this beer reminds me a bit of a malt liquor).
mjg74 (1798), La Mesa, California, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Bottle from BevMo, La Mesa. This had better be good, considering it’s price. Light straw in color. Slightly sweet grainy aroma. Griany flavors with a bit of malt. Some spiciness. Good for a pale lager, but still far too exspensive.
charlotte (1283), Vanløse, Denmark
Aug 21, 2008 Pale golden colour with medium dissapering head.Aroma is malty with some taste of corn,and hops light grainy with malty finish.
DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
Aug 12, 2008 19-Mar-08 (334-ml bottle: Purchased 17-Mar-07 for $2.99 at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA) Pale golden in color with gorgeous clarity and a fluffy, semi-rocky, white head that builds to almost half an inch before settling to a thin layer. Aromas are very grainy, sweet, somewhat corny and very lightly hoppy. For an all-malt beer, this is smelling perilously close to a macro. On the palate, this light-bodied beer doesn’t really distinguish itself much from macros either. Mildly sweet, grainy malts lack the character of better pilsener-style lagers, and at best, hops add a touch of flavor and bitterness. Carbonation is medium to high, the bubbles are large and rough on the palate, and the combination leads to a rather bloating feeling in the stomach. If the label didn’t say this is an all-malt beer, I’d tend to think it was a slightly better version of an adjuncty pale lager.
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