On tap at River Of Beer, zesty mandarin orange-derived Meyer lemon tartness lightly sweetened by sugary crystal malts. Mild citric-spiced acidity receives latent herbal astringency at brisk shandy-like lemondrop finish.
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FLYING DOG HEAT SERIES ANCHO LIME PARADISE LAGER
Spicily dried Mexican poblano peppers bring mild heat to soured lime zest and grains of paradise gingering, contrasting ascending lemon-sugared sweetness. Delicate herbal Saaz hop earthiness recedes below corny pilsner malting. Goes well with fish tacos and tortilla chips.
SHINER RUBY REDBIRD
Refreshingly tart summertime pale lager suits shandy lovers with its lemon-dropped ruby red grapefruit juicing and candied pineapple snip. Sugar-spiced ginger adjunct reinforces herbal-tinged citric splurge, but saw dust reminder and murky hop splotch prove weirdly astringent.
INDEED MEXICAN HONEY IMPERIAL LAGER
Incongruent ‘Imperial Mexican lager’ brings raw-honeyed orange flowering to pastry-like buckwheat malting and complacent floral-citric Amarillo hops. Bordering on cloy due to its cloying sorghum, aspartame and butternut nuances. Subtle lemony orange tartness seems lost.
SAMUEL SMITH PURE BREWED ORGANIC LAGER
Spry full-bodied ‘pure brewed’ lager with initial lemon spritz giving way to flowery-hopped peach seduction. Crisp barley-toasted malting elevates soft biscuit spine. Well balanced from firm-headed golden hue to taut nut finish. Stolid bitter pungency isn’t far removed from German beers such as Beck’s or Dinkelacker (or Holland’s Grolsch, for that matter).
(SUNKEN CITY) DAM LAGER
Mild amber lager in a can stays crisp and clean as brisk honey-spiced lemon spritz, delicate mineral graining and herbal hop nip recede at light bread-crusted spine.
TELEGRAPH FLOTSAM LAGER
On tap at One Mile House, crisp moderate-bodied pale lager offers delicate citric hop bittering to crystal malt sugaring. Spritzy carbolic spree perks up zesty orange-grapefruit tang, tart red apple scamper and mild spicing. Taste-wise: closer to a fruited pale ale.
SANTA FE NUEVO CERVEZA CLARA
Humdrum straw-yellowed pale lager guides sour lemondrop-candied tartness into dewy earthen dankness, leafy-hopped citric dryness and fragile white-breaded spine. Recessive lemongrass herbage spotted.
ZYWIEC JASNE PELNE
Most likely a mildly updated 2015 version of Poland’s ever-popular light-bodied pale lager (a.k.a. Jasne Pelne) made with pure mountain spring water. Polite hop-fizzed astringency fizzles into rice-buttered cereal graining. Considering the robust United States craft beer industry’s colossal takeover, this ‘premium beer’ struggles to compete against ‘bigger’ stateside lagers, but will please good-hearted Blue Collar thirsts.
(CAMBRIDGE) REMAIN IN LIGHT
Fabulous ‘hoppy pilsner’ (posing as a pale lager) brings cereal-grained flaked rice sweetness, delicate sugar spicing and grassy hop respite to mellow citric fruiting. Lemon meringue tartness, navel orange tang, green grape acidity and wafting florality spread across the biscuit-y malt spine of light-bodied perfection.
SINGLECUT JAN OLYMPIC WHITE LAGRRR
On tap at Ambulance, ambitious moderation expands pale lager styling by adding distinct ginger lemon tea subtleties and varied herbal nuances to usual citric-spiced pale malting. Casual orange, tangerine and clementine fruiting picks up minty chamomile notion halfway through. Teasing orange blossom, lemongrass and sage wisps flutter.
(BAVARIA) LANDER BRAU
Bland medium-bodied pale lager, reminiscent of simple grain-musked Czech or German pilsner, suffers from skunked yeast bittering, corn-oiled astringency and stale bread malting. Dry lemon-peeled bittering fails to ignite lightly metallic finish.