Generic sudsy pale lager (named after Southern California tattoo collector) maintains fizzy hop-spiced sharpness above cheap corn-rice adjuncts that seep into glutinous wheat spine. Solvent-like finish and latent phenol nature further disrupt.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: CERVECERIA MEXICANA, PENJAMO, MEXICO
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: OPPIGARDS BRYGGERI, HEDEMORA, SWEDEN
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Awkwardly dry-spiced aggressively-hopped lager tries too hard to please blue collar thirsts and extreme hop-heads alike. Sticky almond paste-marzipan-butterscotch influence raids toasted caramel malts, but astringent Scotch souring and dank whiskey drear lead nastily coarse malt liquor assault for wayward Swede.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BIRRERIA PEDAVENA, PEDAVENA, ITALY
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: HIGH & MIGHTY BEER CO., HOLYOKE, MA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Pour slowly unfiltered alcohol-tinged malt liquor-like pale lager. Peachy orange-tangerine tang overtaken by pine-barked grapefruit peel bittering. Wavering floral bouquet enhances tropical pineapple passage, mild blueberry souring, and soft currant lacquering. Ultimately, stylistically expansive as an adjunct lager.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BANKS BREWERY, BARBADOS
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Simple pale-bodied session beer that’ll satisfy poorer American blue collar tastes. Sour corn-oiled turn-off picks up dry phenol hop bittering fortifying fragile barley-roasted wheat-cracked spine to minimal soapy finish. Oily diacetyl mouthfeel, putrid Scotch malting, green apple souring, and cooked vegetable tinge beat down satisfactory rice adjunct.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SIERRA NEVADA BREWERY, CHICO, CA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: KONA BREW. CO., PORTSMOUTH, N.H.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SHMALTZ BREW. CO., SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Eye-catching circus freak-labeled series continues with complex 10% alcohol-fueled German-styled doppelbock posing as a strong lager. Sugary ginger sweetness invades red cherry, golden raisin, purple grape, and apricot fruitiness as well as buttery molasses-chocolate malting. Peppery hop fizz simmers tertiary gin-soaked barleywine, Chardonnay, and rum boozing and slight metallic twang. Like the finest non-flavored vodka, this full-bodied lager elevates its supplemental ingredients.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: CERVEZAS ALHAMBRA, GRANADA, SPAIN
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: AMARCORD, SAN MARINO, ITALY
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Respected Italian film director, Frederico Fellini, deserves better than lackluster blonde lager tributary. Initial cabbage-like vegetal waft of palest yellow pearly-headed lightweight bodes badly. Moldy sourdough breading debunks timid lemongrass midst, bruised orange taint, and olfactory hay-barnyard astringency. Lamely watery, soapy suds.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: CERVECERA NACIONAL, CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ANHEUSER-BUSCH, ST. LOUIS, MO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Clear golden-hued white-headed green-bottled lager lacks distinction despite boasting influence of ten international brewmasters’ strange affinity towards exploiting Heineken-Beck’s sour malted grain sharpness. Sunny hop briskness and bread-y yeast pungency remain steadfast, but fizzy seltzer flow whimpers to mild bitter finish.




