Traditional Lager
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.07
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A simple, well-made Classic American Lager brewed with only choice ingredients. It is extremely mellow - refreshingly smooth, glass after glass.
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4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Poured golden with a white head. Aroma was malty but otherwise nondescript. Flavor was quite grainy and simple. Left something to be desired.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2009
at 21:36
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Quite a pale looking lager. Aroma is a little toasty and fruity. Thin body, watery taste with just a little fruity sweetness. Easy to drink but lacks any depth.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2007
at 21:08
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
This is just a standard beer. There is really nothing at all special about it. However, it tastes just fine and is pretty drinkable. Really there were no offensive qualities to this brew. Wish it had more taste, character, or style. But alas these were lacking and we are left with a simple beer for a the simple man.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2006
at 12:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Had this out of a 12 oz bottle, to my knowledge this is no longer available for sale in southern NJ...one of the best smelling lagers i’ve had...firm body..nice foam...way tooo easy to drink...recommended serving...in the shower...:)..The perfect lager!!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2006
at 14:27
3.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
I tasted all three of these Saranac pale yellow beers in my variety case, four beers each; Indian pale ale, Adirondack lager and traditional lager. Price was 88 cents per 12 oz bottle at Beer for Less in Moon Twp. The lagers were a little less pale and the Indian pale ale was just a little more bitter. All three though, I consider a typical American pale yellow beer. They all had about the same over all flavor, that Saranac flavor. They are lively when it comes to carbonation. I’ve had these before and they seem to have not changed over the years. Drinkable. Nothing great to brag about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2006
at 18:16
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
An orange beer with a nice off-white head. The aroma is sweet grassy with light notes of straw and grain in the back ground. The flavor is sweet malty and grainy, leading to a dry and somewhat bitter end. It has a thin body. A boring beer, but I don’t find anything wrong with it.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2006
at 18:43
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Medium head with short duration. Color is golden. Aroma is hops and malt. Taste is mainly malt but not too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2006
at 13:27
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Brown bottle, 12 ounces; eye: golden with yellowish reflectionss, pale beige head that disappears rapidly, no effervescence, clear; nose: light malt, honey, spices; mouth: starts with bitterness quickly replaced by a light malt taste that stays in the mouth long enough to see the hops reappear at the end, lightly sweet, medium bitterness, fizzy, relatively thin; overall: quite ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces; oeil : dorée avec des reflets jaunâtres, mousse beige pâle qui disparaît rapidement, pas d’effervescence, clair; nez : léger malt, miel, légèrement épicée; bouche : commence tout en amertume, vite remplacé par un léger goût de malt qui se prolonge pour voir réapparaître le houblon à la toute fin, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps léger à moyen, pétillante, relativement mince; en résumé : B’en ordinaire
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2006
at 15:29
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Yellow amber color with white head. Light grassy malt aroma. Bitter at first taste but finished strong with malt and spice.
Tried
on 12 May 2006
at 12:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle-pours a white head. Color is amber. Aroma is mostly malt with a secondary hops. Taste is nicely balanced and even though a little thin, crisp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2006
at 00:23