3.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Bottle. A- Sweet bread, grains, corn. A- Golden color, clear liquid, white head. T- Corn, cereal, sweet bread. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, boring finish. O- When you expect the worst, it’s helpful in order to not be letdown. This was bad. I expected that. Only positive about it was that it doesn’t have a nasty aftertaste. Beyond that I never want another.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours clear gold with a generous white head. Spicy hop aroma. Some grain. Lightly sweet flavor, no hops. Lawnmower beer.

6

Boring.

7.8

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

12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 2/13/2015. Pours slightly hazy bright golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light earthy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness; and very clean lager flavors with minimal yeast ester notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and slightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 5%. Overall this is a very nice pale lager style. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Light lemon and barley malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet barley malt and mildly bitter hay flavor. Decent lager.

6.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle: Pours clear gold with a small white head. Barley malt, honey scent. Taste is sweet....barley malt, honey, grains...slightly fruity. Not bad at all, fairly rich taste for the lightness....Nothing off....pretty solid for the style.

4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Smell of straw. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of hops, grass, straw, paper, starch. Overwhelmingly bulky taste. Mid-rich carbon. Slightly dry palate.

4.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle - dark gold with a light haze - looks like apple juice - smells like honey, buttery diacetyl, apples - low carbonation - feels kind of lifeless in the mouth - sweet - goopy mouthfeel - tastes like baked apples, corn, a touch of diacetyl - kind of medicinal, sweet finish - terrible.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours translucent gold with a slight white head. Aroma is mildly bready; perhaps a hint of noble hop. Med body or so. Flavor starts with something like apricot, moves to bready, and there’s some slightly ? hop. Doesn’t seem noble; more fruity. It is crisp and decently bitter. Perhaps a bit sweet. All in all quite drinkable at the lake.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 5/14/15

Aroma: The nose is fairly muted, some light pale malts, grains, a little biscuit, and caramel notes
Appearance: Pours a mostly clear golden-orange color with an off white head and medium lace
Flavor: The flavor is much the same, malty, a little dull, lightly sweet, and lightly bitter
Palate: The mouthfeel is a little fizzy, lighter bodied, with a fairly short duration
Overall Impression: This is pretty much the definition of an okay beer for me. It isn't really bad or good, just dull and unexciting.