Hi-Wire Brewing Aerialist Hoppy Lager

Aerialist Hoppy Lager

 

Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - India Style Regular
Score
7.00
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 25 Ticks: 10
This warm weather lager showcases the German hops Huell Melon and Mandarina Bavaria. Light on the palate with big hop flavors of peach and apricot, this beer satisfies the desire for an easy drinking, hop-forward beer.
 

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Appearance is gold with a decent head. It may be a lager but it tastes and smells like an IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 05:11


4.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

My $2 pink can from vintage says aerialist spring lager but it is 5.5% so I guess its here? From the start it is quite hoppy, but not hoppy like an old IPL. Pour is fairly clear and pale with a white foamy head. Not as civilized as a pale lager but certainly not rude enough to be considered india hoppy lager. Yes, this s more like a premium lager, not bad, its just that I know it probably would taste better without the hops. Good co2 sizzle clear to the end.

Tried from Can on 12 May 2019 at 18:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bright, fruity nose, full of mandarin orange, grapefruit, and lager yeast. Taste offers up strong orange, lemon, apple, and cantaloupe, with a toasted grain malt undertone, modest sweet corn notes, and floral bitterness on the back end. Pours gold with a brief white head and modest lacing. Very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2019 at 23:04


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Craft Brewed. Pours a clear goldenrod color with a full finger of foam that lingers throughout. Grassy hop aromas and straw on the palate with a touch of apricot. Palate has lots of peach & apricot with peppercorn. Crisp carbonation and texture with a prickly pear bitter finish. Really well done and enjoyable. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Aerialist Spring Lager on 09 Apr 2018 at 19:19 - Score: 7. Original review text: Grassy hop aromas and straw on thebpalate with a touch of apricot. Palate has lots of peach & apricot with peppercorn. Crisp, bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2018 at 20:00


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 5/18/2017. Pours lightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lasts the whole glass. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of tangerine, peach, apricot, lemon, pear, apple, mango, melon, berry, citrus zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, white bread, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of tangerine, peach, lemon, pear, apple, mango, melon, berry, citrus zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, white bread, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very mild pine, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, peach, apricot, lemon, pear, apple, mango, melon, berry, citrus zest, light pepper/pine, cracker, white bread, biscuit dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity hops and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from bitterness. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very good hoppy pale lager style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the mildly bitter finish. Balanced Hull Melon/Mandarina hops and Pils malt flavors. Very flavorful for the ABV. Nice hop flavor presence, without much bitterness. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2017 at 18:39


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Salud. Crystal clear golden aroma, dense white head with good retention and solid lacing, a truly gorgeous beer, especially after muddling through murky IPAs. Nice aroma of meadow, melon and citrus. Taste is peppery lager, crisp finish. Tasty.

Tried from Draft on 30 May 2017 at 18:58


7

Tried from Draft on 14 May 2017 at 18:37


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

2 month old bottle A: Pours clear pale gold with 1/2" of thick white foam. Decent retention, good patchy lace and busy carbonation. S: Light but sharp lemon and sweet bread scent. A little zest. T: Sweet and sour bread in great balance with hop notes of lemon and pith. Zest and melon aftertaste. M: Medium bodied with fine beaded carbonation. Slightly chewy O: Really nice hoppy lager in all categories that I look forward to each spring.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2017 at 19:15


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Bubbly, cloudy, tan-gold with a small white head. Fruity, orange and melon scent. Taste is sweet, semi-tropical citrus. Very pleasant citrus-peel bittering. Lagery...with some APA character. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2016 at 16:49


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Earthy orange/melon, caramel malt and grapefruit peel aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet citrus, creamy caramel malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Nice body. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2016 at 14:55