UPDATED: DEC 26, 2023 Had this beer a number of years ago when it was still brewed by Carling. Don't remember anything about this beer other than at the time I thought it was a really good beer.

UPDATED: AUG 26, 2022 Can at Wrecktangle. Pours a clear yellow with a slight gold hue and a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has biscuit and corn with a bit of straw underlying. Flavor has sweet corn and bit of biscuit with some straw in the finsih.

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2021 Poured from a 12 oz can into a glass. Half finger of off white head. Nice lacing. Not much aroma, corn, bread. Pale amber color. Good carbonation. Corn, malt, very little hops. Very refreshing, nice taste, easy going, highly drinkable. Not fancy or complex.

UPDATED: JUL 18, 2021 355ml can. Clear pale blonde, effervescent bubbles and a foamy white head. Flavors are cereals and spices with floral and mineral notes. Light to medium body, lively carbonation, smooth texture.

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2021 Bright golden with a large white head. Tangy, corny, sweet and a bit grassy. Medium finish. Light body.

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2020 Pours clear pale golden with a one finger, white head. Aroma is stale hops and thin corn syrup. Taste is corn syrup, moving to cardboard. Finish is corn syrup.

UPDATED: SEP 30, 2019 12 ounce can into lager glass, best before 11/11/2019. Pours fairly crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of corn, wood, pale malt/grains, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength, Taste of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of corn, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale malt/grains, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious pale adjunct lager! All around great robustness and balance of pale malt/grains, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great clean pils malt/grain showcase, and great noble hop presence/balance for the style. Mild on adjuncts. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. One of the best AAL I have had for sure.

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2019 After work or on a working day evening, this is good. You can drink a couple and not get any ill effects for the next day. Sort of like Rolling Rock in that it is light and mildly flavorful, and it's not expensive. Back in the late 80s we could get a 12-pack of cans at the drugstore for 1.99 with the store coupon. Sure, it's a little more now, but costs less than the super-cool craft beers that are available now. If you want to have a few on the weekend you won't get smashed and fall asleep and miss something. Hope this brew is around for another century.

A short can from 8th St Liquor store in New Westminster. A pale amber beer with moderate white head and a sweet nose.

Despite the high alcohol content of 8%, this is a very lightly flavored beer, both in hops and in malts. Would I consider this as a good low-budget beer? I think so. 2.4

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2018 Leve, meio aguada e para se tomar bem gelada e em grandes quantidades.............