Sun King Indianapolis Indians Victory Lager

Brewed by Sun King Brewing Company
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Serve in Lager glass

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This is pretty decent for a lager. Take your typical lager, add a bit of hops, get rid of a bit of the annoying qualities, and here you have it.

@CBC 16oz can-foamy lt tan-amber. A-sweet lt/med malt, some spice. T-sweet lt/med malt, 2nd spice hops.

Amber pour with an off white head. A good balance of malts and hops but I would have hoped for a little more on the hop side. Easy to drink and a nice beer for a ball game.

Pours deep golden and clear supporting a dense creamy white head that fades to a film in minutes. Nose is some toasty malts, sweep pils malts, mild fruity esters and fruity and or very mild floral hops. Flavor is moderate sweet rich malts with some again fruity notes that can be taken from either hops or some yeasty esters. Medium sweetness in the flavor then finishes moderately dry with a medium light bitterness. I would call it a full body. This has been my favorite of the sunking cans with a sticker on the side.

UPDATED: JUL 1, 2012 Served in a cheap plastic cup. Had this after a company outing at an Indianapolis Indians game (AAA). After drinking free swill for an hour this was maybe the best beer I?ve ever drank out of a plastic cup. Lots of flavors going on here with fruits and caramel, but nothing overbearing. Surprisingly easy to drink in 100* weather.

@ Oskar Blues Burning Can Fest 2012. Clear copper with a big frothy head. Aroma is kina surprisingly fruity, with some light pineapple and pear tones, but mostly had a nose of biscuity cereal malt. Flavor is light and clean with some biscuity pale malts and some straw tones. Not shabby, but too light.

On tap at Victory Field. Pours amber with a thin beige head. Light malty aroma with some subtle floral notes. Clean crisp flavor with malt, bread, and floral hop notes. Light body with a medium to high level of carbonation.

16 oz. can into Lager Glass: Gold....huge white head..(3 pours) Even looks like a ballpark beer! Scent is bread, malt, sweet caramel. a little corn.. Taste is grain,earth, grass.....a hint of butter.. Not too bad at all. Pretty decent promotional. Like it.

Draft on tap at Haymarket’s Sun King Takeover (Chicago, IL). Pours a rich coppery hue, largely transparent with a cakey tannish head atop, sticks around well and laces ok. Aromas are gentle toffee and toast, some biscuits, carmelized malts. Gentle earthy dry hops, some faint spice. Initial is heavier end of light bodied, giving just a hint of sticky quality. Some mellow dryness and mellow dry bready, toasty, touch of biscuity malt into the middle. Middle offers a touch of sweetness, but a more biscuity dry/mellow sweet element of synergy. Touches of dry hops, carmelization, and spice come forward. Finish is gentle carmelized malt, touches of sticky elements. Interesting but a bit big for the style.

On tap at Haymarket. Pours a clear golden amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of sweet grains with some sweet grassy hops and a hint of popcorn. Flavor is sweet grain note throughout with a bit of butterscotch and sweet grassy hops.