5.1

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

On tap at Polanco Restaurant (Hilton), labeled as Polanco Mexican Lager by Karl Strauss.
Pours clear light golden with a small off-white head, light lacing. Malty, corn, buttery.
Ok, but too malty for a Mexican Lager though.

6.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft, 22oz pour at The Doho Cafe on Doheny Beach, Dana Point on 30th August 2025. Hazed golden body, snow white crown on top. Citrus front to the nose and taste, tropical fruit middle and a drying citrus finish.

7.8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Clear dark gold with white head. Tropical fruit and grassy aroma. Massy grassy, dank flavor.

8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy yellow colour, minimal white head; aroma and taste of lemony-lemongrassy, banana and wheaty/bready notes; great German hefeweizen

7.9

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

Clear golden colour, minimal off-white head; aroma of grassy, pine resiny, grapefruity, grape peel, some fruity and some earthy notes; taste of hoppy bitterness, some malty-syrupy sweetness, orange jucy, grapefruity and pine resiny notes; oily mouthfeel; good DIPA

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Pale golden colour, minimal off-white head; aroma of grapefruit, some grape peel, peachy, lemony, and piney notes; taste of hoppy bitterness, the same notes as can be felt in the aroma and some malty sweetness; correct IPA

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Opalescent pale golden colour, moderate sized ecru-ish head; aroma of lemony-lemon zesty, orange, some mango, slight pineapple and piney notes; taste has the same notes as can be felt in the aroma with definite hoppy bitterness; good one

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Backlog. Golden colour with a white mediumsized foamy head. Aroma is tropical fruits, some water melon a bit sweet biscuits and some slight honey tones too. Flavour is toffee, some tropical fruits, mild bitter floral tones with some honey and mild biscuity and apricot tones.

6

Draft in Balboa Park San Diego. Reddish orange pour. Malty toffee and caramel. Very sweet.