Metallic dark amber pale lager coats smoked malt sweetness with orange citrus tartness and off-dry hop-blotched alcohol-burnt astringency, finishing like a tinny Copper Ale. Rye, fig, and herbal nuances perk up dry barleywine luster lightened by brisk water flow.
Tag Archives: pale lager
(BROK) POLANDER LAGER
(RELYEA) TOWPATH DOUBLE LOCK LAGER
SLEEMAN SILVER CREEK LAGER
Bland straw-cleared cumulous-headed dry lager with polite rye malt palate, thin resinous hop bitterness, minor floral stint, and moderate creaminess gets cloy despite pungently skunked waft. Misleading 5% alcohol volume vaporized by metallic watering that wouldn’t scare away novices. Once again, Sleeman finishes below Molson in yet another style category.
TOMMYKNOCKER ALPINE GLACIER LAGER
WOODSTOCK LAGER
Grain bitterness is just too light to carry paper thin yeast sweetness and soft creamy malt follow-up. Simple, unassuming resin-hopped finish gives it the edge over mass produced macrobrews. Brewery defunct: 2001.
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN LAGER
BLUE & GRAY CLASSIC LAGER
CABRO LAGER
(COMMONWEALTH) WILLIAM PENN COLONIAL-STYLE LAGER
(GLUEK) RATTLESNAKE PALE LAGER
Smoked salami nose matches strange cured meat smudge of agavi-spiced (?) bitterness. Though reminiscent of busier Mexican pilsners, dry malt souring at dismal phenol finish insults faded orange hint and unleavened bread nuance.