On tap at Ambulance, impossibly light-bodied pale yellow rice lager lets dry lime wedge its way into rice-flaked pilsner malts and floral-herbed Hallertau hops in mildest manner possible. A sour limey spritzer.
Tag Archives: light lager
CROSSROADS HOUSE LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, briskly clean flagship lager brings zesty lemon splurge to bready pale malting and grassy hop astringency with gleeful mainstream appeal.
MELVIN HEYZEUS MEXICAN STYLE LAGER
Crisply smooth pearly-headed amber yellowed light body brings Mexican-styled corn cereal sweetness and maize-flaked astringency to sour lemon-rotted malt liquor snag without getting stifled by musky hop-oiled rye graining.
GUN HILL GET THAI’D RICE LAGER
On tap at River Of Beer, peculiar jasmine rice-based herbal lager connects cologne-perfumed Thai spicing to Citra-hopped Kaffir lime zesting and minty lemongrass as lightly kilned pilsner malts provide cushy base. Try in lieu of sake.
BUD LIGHT ORANGE
Candied orange tartness reminiscent of Tang instant powdered drink gains soda-like citric fizz as raspy tangerine fruiting nearly saves cheaply fruited light lager from oblivion.
JUGHANDLE JUG LITE LAGER
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, fulsome lager brings musky raw-grained pale malting and mossy compost mustiness to herbal dry-hopped reticence, gaining a teasing lemon twist. For heartier lager lovers.
21ST AMENDMENT EL SULLY
Crisply clean pilsner-malted Mexican lager betters most in its light-bodied class. Zesty lemon-spiced hop spritz provides initial pep as raw-honeyed maize dryness comes aboard. Dry straw and wet grass welcome compost-wafted black pepper herbage below the surface. Sunny citric-splashed cracked corn finish never loses resilience.
BOSQUE LAGER
Superbly expressive light lager keeps it simple. Utilizing a soft German pilsner malt base, its sunshiny lemon zest and juicy grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering suit a feathery IPA. And its fuzzy carbolic fluff provides the lightest creaming imaginable. Subtle grassy hop bittering contrasts crackery white breading.
CANTEEN BREWHOUSE LAIDBACK LAGER
Commendable laid-back lightweight rubs musky corn-husked grain mesh against musty hop astringency for crisply carbolic pilsner-malted dry body. Mild rice and oats influence clean watered base.
NIGHT SHIFT NITE LITE
On tap at The Oath, microbrewed lite lager works well as stylishly distinct alternative to Bud-Coors-Miller fodder. Mild wet grain musk surfaces alongside rice-watered corn malts, subtle lemon spicing and delicate grassy hop astringency and directly above wheat-dried cracker base. In the can, corn-starched grain musk and perfumed hop lemon spritz rise to surface.
TIRED HANDS PRAYER GROUP
On tap at Ambulance, refreshing oak-fermented ‘spring lager’ plies white-red wheat pilsner malting and grassy hop astringency to lemon-lime juiced Sauvignon Blance tannins. Crystalline mineral-watered lightness softens sulfuric citrus whim.
FOUNDERS SOLID GOLD LAGER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, crisply clean ‘classic’ golden lager merges floral-cologned lemondrop tartness with maize-dried musk, corn-sugared sweetness and doughy malts. Spicy lemon zest briskly spritzes up the mild citric-grained finish.
