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NEW ENGLAND ELM CITY LAGER

By 2007, New England Brewery had relocated outside inceptive Norwalk site. Tinny green-canned straw-hued light-bodied German-styled pilsner yields to defective metallic astringency and slobbered malt liquor mustiness. Mild lemon-curried grapefruit-pitted bittering and rotten orange-peach sourness debilitate white-breaded rye wheat base, but mineral watered crispness ups the ante a bit for crisply clean session beer.

OKOCIM KARMI LIGHT LAGER

Strangely weighty reddish brown malt liqueur-like light lager with aromatic molasses tinged by newly lit cigarette waft delivers unexpectedly overbearing egg-creamed maple syrup sweetness backed by raisin-ripened cola nuttiness. Sugary toffee stickiness turns dauntingly grape-soured by dank smoked finish, though damp tobacco leaf resonation and dry oats provide firm spine. Possibly too busy for its own good.

CARIB LAGER

Soft hop fizz tickles tongue, but cloy nature distracts from light candied malt flow of tepid, less filling, seltzer-like beverage best served with lemon twist to softhearted amateurs. Compares favorably to Miller Genuine Draft, but with corn-saturated easiness instead of mere sugar water flow. Also, Corona fans should try ’em for quick comparison.