Lager
City Brewery (La Crosse Plant) in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
3.87
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City Lager, Winner of the American Premium Lager Category at the 2000 World Beer Cup Competition, is a full-bodied lager, using artesian water from deep below the earth's surface. The beer is fully kraeusened, and uses a generous supply of malt, brewer's rice and aromatic hops, then aged 32 days in chilled lagering cellars until released by our brewmaster. 4.0% alcohol by weight and 150 calories per 12 oz. serving.
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1.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Can. An almost imperceptible malt aroma. Golden with a small white head. Like the smell, and almost imperceptible malt flavor. The mineral water I like to drink has more flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Apr 2012
at 16:09
1.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Can. Sour corn malt and hay aroma. Golden yellow color with large, short-lasting head. Hint of sweet corn syrup - no malt, no hops. Crap.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2012
at 17:59
2.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1
Big City Beer - class, class CLASS! Makes me laugh thinking about it. The ultimate cheap beer.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2008
at 15:16
1.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 0.5
Big City 12 0z can. I’ve had this many times before but this is not a memory rate. It is usually one of the cheapest beers you can buy around these parts. Pop the lid and get a slightly sour beery aroma. Pouring into the glass you see the customary clear pale yellow american beer color. Lots of streaming bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass and the head is whitish and thin. The flavor is a little different than you regular old pale yellow lager, industrial and finely metallic of sorts. There is a hint of sourness in there that cannot be described and it certainly does not add to the enjoyability of the brew. Lacing on the side of the glass after a few sips. That aroma keeps pecking at your nose every time you go to get a gulp. Very mild bitterness builds as the drinks go on. Though not real strong on the alky side it does have a cheap malt liquor feel on the palate. The flavor seems to have an aged feel, but not aged for the better. The flavor is not harsh but it does have hints of unrefined cheapness to it. The personality is not too laid back. Tho much carbonation is present in the glass, I do not detect excessive bubbliness during the drink. A beer with a unique cheap wine flavor that I don’t think I’ve had before. One pale lager that may be similar in flavor is Chinese Yanjing 11º Premium Extra, but this is more in your face with it’s industrial hints. The finish on this brew is odd to describe. Tho not really bitter and lingering there is a brackish scunner that can not be ignored. Seems a bit plasticky. Cannot hold a candle to the likes of Miller, carlsburg, rolling rock, lionshead or schmidts. A little too unrefined and rude for a pale lager, tho it is just a little better than King lager. This is a very poor representative of the economy beer style, taste is overall very coarse.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2007
at 12:31