Can from Beergium. Oskar Blues, basically the inventors of the modern ’craft beer can’, turning to the most canned beer style in the world, namely the standard pale lager... Curious to see how this goes. Thickly (and attractively) papery lacing, irregular, egg-white, moussy head leaving an intricate ’land map’-like pattern in the middle, over a cristal clear, warm ’old gold’ coloured beer with no visible fizz, at least not in my tasting glass. Aroma of wet chicken food, damp kitchen towel, popcorn, camomile, unsugared culinary cream, freshly baked white bread, dough, baking powder, faint hints of honey, lemon candy and iron. Clean and neutral onset, no esters at all, just malt fruitiness, with a fizzy, minerally carbonation all around, but not harshly so; lean and supple, almost creamy mouthfeel, cream corn-like features, rounded and very cereally, ’bare’. Finish adds a dash of delicate noble hops, camomile- and straw-like, typical of Saaz but not as pronounced as would be the case in a fresh southern German or Czech Pilsener made with the same thing. Some late, mildly peppery hop bitterishness afterwards. Malt creaminess - this is clearly an all-malt lager - is made superior to the delicacies of the old Saaz hops, which is a bit of a shame: I think a firmer dosis of this noble and delicate Czech hop variety would make this all the more interesting. In this form: neatly done, for sure, but as a European consumer, I expect more ’oomph’ from an American craft brewery even if the aim is to imitate classic central European Pilsener. I’d happily prefer this over the vast ocean of industrial pale lagers, clearly, but this does not compare with a fresh German or Czech Pilsener from tap anywhere in Europe either, I’m afraid.

Can 33 cl. Golden, cloudy with a medium white head. Aroma of malt, Brown sugar and hops.. Light bitter with a soft malt end.

Can from Tesco Amersham. Poured a clear straw colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light buttery yeast, citrus hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light crisp, fruity floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Not bad and improved greatly as it got warmer.

$1.99 can from Blue Ridge Bottle Shop. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet floral hops, grasses, hint of citrus. Flavor is bittersweet floral hops, minor citrus, minor grasses. This is not your traditional pils, and I appreciate that.

Can from Tesco - Clear yella body, firm white head. Nose has a delicate malt touch, with grassy, lightly piney hops, some hay and a hint of generic fruitiness. A bit sweet, with light biscuity malts in the back and a pleasant hoppy flavor of grass and floral pine notes.

355ml can. Pours bright gold with a medium head. Aroma is sweet lager malt and grassy hop. Taste has dry lagery malt. Stony finish.

Nose is yeast, butter, cereal, Nobel hops. Taste is butter cereal light medicinal hop. Full Mouthfeel. Good but a little too buttery

12 oz. can. Crushed one of these after running in the Austin Statesman Cap10k during the post-race festivities at about 9:20am. Had to re-hydrate somehow. Aroma of pils malt and hay. Taste follows nose with some fruitiness and mild spice. Finish has a bit of a bite. Was quite refreshing.

0,33l can from Beergium. Clear, golden beer with medium white head. Grass and pils feeling on aroma, but not so fresh, however. Taste has malts, some grass and caramel. Not very refreshing. There are better pils, but still over average lager.

On tap at CBC, pours a clear gold with no head. Nose has malt, metal, some grass, peanut skins. Flavor is mostly true, lemon, peanut skin, honey. Finishes watery.