Mildly creamed straw-hued French/German border brew much closer to German Bavarian lager than wine-y French ale. Salty sharp-hopped maize-dried smoothing, baguette-like sourdough yeast breading, and residual citric sugaring subside too quickly, leaving insufficient character to distinguish Kronenbourg from better competition. Serve with a lemon twist to add luster. Amazingly, this is supposedly the leading brand in France with a ridiculously absurd 40% market share.

Bland, acidic, straw-hued brew lacks head, body, and proper hop fizz. Stank-y malt aroma leads to stale bread mouthfeel, soured honey tone, and husked grain-fresh hay moderation.

Fizzy straw-hued brew lacks sufficient dry grain-hopped character. But crisp water and unspecified cake-like sweetness suit mainstream tastes well.

After a few sips, meek barleymalt presence of German-styled lager becomes unassuming while watery flow drowns undistinguished basic ingredients. Brewery defunct: 2007.

Caramelized crystal malts gently caress Saaz hop spicing, wheat biscuit sweetness, and honeyed butterscotch linger. But metallic astringency negatively sours citric tartness.

Harvest gold soft body seems quite slight for prominent brewer. Dirty grain consistency overrides pale malt seepage, honeyed nut gust, green apple urge and passing citric tang as narrow hop bittering abides time.

Musty wet-grained malting and pungent sourdough yeast inform dry-hopped citric dash and dirty earthiness. Setback straw, hay, and leather astringency back ends heartily assertive golden lager.

Serviceable pale-toned light-bodied Kenyan with pure African spring water given initial spry hop spurt. Barley-roasted cracked wheat center and white-breaded yeast backing find faded lime tartness at mild bitter finish. An eclectic Middle of the Road lager.

Basic easygoing straw-cleared lager suspends expectant smoked wood aromatics abruptly, leaving sweet cola-like fizz and honeyed cereal malting to absorb minor peppery tingle mingling popcorn finish. Skip.

Musty, ill-defined, grain-based straw-yellowed pale lager backs strong malt liquor aroma with sour yeast astringency. Reminiscent of bland middle of the road Czech beer, but too watery and soapy to be halfway assertive. Though lacking maintained corn-sugared finish, its grassy hop fizz will draw novices and blue collar fans alike. Cheap lawnmower fare.

Efficient pale-bodied grassy-hopped lager with light rye-dried wheat-toasted barley-corn entry giving way to zesty lemon prompt stays lightweight but not dull.

In teensy 8.5-ounce bottle, moderate pale yellow ale turns sharp skunked splurge into sugared malt vagary, as meager fruited floral notes and grassy sub-texture retreat by bland metallic finish.