Nordic Jam

Can (U 043 13 V FL —whatever that means), pour from Total Wine & More, Brentwood. It’s a deeply hazy dark yellow-light brown with tons of sparkle, finger-width off-white head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma is tons of sweet fruit, predominantly cherry and strawberry with mild tart offset. Taste is moderately strong mix of sweet and tart fruit with less distinct flavor than aroma but same basic elements. Mouthfeel is light side of light to medium bodied with thin texture soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, maybe I’m mellowing to shandy’s a bit but this wasn’t bad. Some decent complexity though not loving the tart.

Buttery elderberry, blueberry muffin nose. Clear pale golden. Blackberry. Light body, moderate carbonation.

Pure golden coloured body with a nice thick, two to three centimetre tall tan head that fades quickly and leaves a pretty ugly lace on the sides of the glass. Aroma of tart berries, strawberries, chewing gum, cherry candies (artificial cherry flavours) and a touch of light biscuity malts. Light-Bodied; Very sweet, fake sugar flavours dominate with a sour, but mostly sweet cherry and strawberry flavour right behind, with some softer malts and yeast, a touch of grain and a light cough syrup finish that has to do with the relatively thick body, especially for a lager. Aftertaste shows pure fruits, with a mildish, tart and soured component,  but ultimately an artificially flavoured and pungent berry flavour that shows cherries and strawberries the strongest with some cranberry tartness and perhaps even lingonberries on the fringes. Overall,  a nice enough beer, but a bit funky for the style and most of the fruits taste overly done, a bit too pungent and definitely on the more fake side. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 24-July-2020 for Us$2,33 sampled at my hotel room here in Newark, New Jersey on 25-July-2020,  just a day later.

Can. Hazy amber beer with a big cream head. Fruity aroma with berries and light herbal notes. Berry and summer fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Berry and summer fruit linger. Refreshing.