14th Anniversary Lager
Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store in Hyattsville, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Special Out of Production|
Score
6.21
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Celebrating fourteen years of brewing! This beer is a mashup of a classic Munich helles, American hops and a diverse grist bill that includes barley, spelt, rye, maize, toasted rice, oats and oak smoked wheat. Golden in color, easy drinking with a subtle piney citrus and mellow malt character.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16oz pint at the brewery pours a clear dark gold with a ring of white head. Nose has a lot to unpack, the corn hits you first - which admittedly is not good, but then you start to pick up on the mixed grains inside, a little starchy rice comes through, yeast, light pepper. Winds up smelling like a grain mill. Flavor has corn and grain from the outset, the cold smoked wheat lurks around your palate too with a little bit of bacon and a little bit of oak, chewy grains, yeast, light lemon. Finishes dry and just a touch piney. There was a high likelihood this was going to be messy, but they actually pulled it off.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2016
at 18:41