7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

7.8

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

12 ounce can into lager glass, canned in 6/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit too fruity corn aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with pale malt/corn and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt/corn and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a very nice malt liquor. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt/corn and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very clean and nicely rich barley/grain flavors; with plenty of earthy hop presence/balance, but not overwhelming. Not overdone on corn adjuncts. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Best in the style I have had. --- Beer merged from original tick of Laughing Clown Malt Liquor on 06 Jul 2018 at 20:33 - Score: 7. Original review text: Very nice. Cracker/corn/bread dough/toast/biscuit/herbal/grass; lt nutty/pepper. Fairly bitter. Creamy/bready/grainy med body. Some sticky hop drying. No astringent. Very smooth, min warmth. Very clean lager flavors. Top tier, best I've had for the style.