7.8

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

16 ounce can into lager glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky white with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit fruity/yeasty in the aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance of pale malt, corn, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big cracker, corn, white bread, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt, corn, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitterness. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal yeast notes present. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.25%. Overall this is a delicious American-style pale/light lager! All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt, corn, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter finish. Very flavorful for the low ABV. A very enjoyable offering. I doubt it meets the low calorie/carb requirements to be a true light lager, but this is still a spot on style example.