On tap at Pocono’s Log Cabin Bar, approachable German-styled session beer brings orange-nipped lemon spritz to grassy Hallertau-hopped bittering. Buttery crystal malt base softly underlines citric crispness. In the bottle, thin pilsner-malted German-styled pale lager lacks pizzazz. Astringent raw-honeyed sinew and phenol hop bittering pick up rancid buttery notion. Slurry citric-quince waver buried beneath unfulfilled flavor profile.
On tap at Mason Jar, creamy crystal malt eloquence pervades soft-toned mineral graining and subtle grassy-hopped bittering of soothing moderation. Corn sugared citric easement receives salted buttering. Don’t expect as much from lesser red bottled or canned version.
Crisply light-bodied with minimal grain-toasted hop roast, stable French bread-crusted affinity and salty lemon lime brining. Fizzy phenol astringency kept down. Goes well with cheap snacks on a sweltering sunny afternoon.
Perfectly obvious and totally easygoing fresh-watered pale lager now brewed by macro kings, Anheuser-Busch (but originating in Canada), crystallizes its tingly grassy-hopped spicing with wheat-flaked cereal grains and caramelized crystal malts. A slight metallic tinge edges forth by the fragile sweet-buttered finish.
Vapid dry-hopped Bavarian-styled pale lager lacks prevailing flavor profile. Instead, washed-out citric tartness ekes out space beside faded green grape esters, diluted Granny Smith apple pucker, and distant grapefruit dab. Earthen vegetal dulling and astringent honeyed malting pick up minor dishwater solvency.
Slick middle-of-the-road German-styled pale lager seemingly retains English Special Bitter or ‘pub’ ale attributes such as caramelized rye-breaded malting, cellar-like fungi waft and mild woody hop bittering. Withered floral-spiced orange-apricot-grapefruit snip and insufficient pastry-caked spicing (nutmeg-coriander) never approach surface of short-headed amber-hued moderation.
Pleasant light-bodied amber-yellowed pale lager lacks body and depth. Crisp citric-hopped pep and sharp lemony seltzer fizzing counter spicy Belgian-styled yeast funk. Carbolic overload disguises apricot-dried crystal malting, biscuit-y barley-hopped pungency, and vegetal tinge to faltering toasted white bread spine, finishing watery and indecisive.
Sweet honey-nut roasted Vienna malting and multi-grained whole-wheat breading overpower soured sorghum snip of surprisingly dark amber lager. Distant flavor profile fades fast, leaving barren nut-bread finish exposed.
Very little is known about obsolete whiskey-wafted Caribbean Island-acquired German brew. Aged seven years in clear-toned red-labeled 12-ounce bottle, uncommon Bavarian pilsner-lager transcends typical stylistic boundaries a bit with its vintage Scotch Ale twist and sneaky alcohol whir. Mild and rounded vermouth-dried Chardonnay buttering lingers softly to caramelized fig-sugared apple-candied apricot-nectar whim. Try in lieu of dessert wine, if you can find ‘em anywhere.
Vile pale-toned medium-bodied Ukrainian contrasts cloy corn-sugared malting against grassy hop astringency and cheap maize-oiled hindrance. Rotted citric nuance sneaks through backdoor.
Stay clear of nasty foam-headed clear-yellowed corn-malted adjunct lager. Sugary rice caking usurps cloy lemon pop fizz. Almost disgustingly offensive.
Generic sudsy pale lager (named after Southern California tattoo collector) maintains fizzy hop-spiced sharpness above cheap corn-rice adjuncts that seep into glutinous wheat spine. Solvent-like finish and latent phenol nature further disrupt.
