Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can, from Warehouse Liquors, Chicago IL (Nov 2025), Pours clear golden with a large foamy off-white head, faint malt aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter taste with malt flavor and light grassy hops, smooth body, long finish. Decent American IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
6-pack can from Jewel, Westmont. Pour itself is very light, almost clear, but resolved to a bubbly straw color in the glass, with fast-acting fizzy bubbles. Have to say, there's a bit of skunk in the nose, that sometimes crops up in light lagers. But, no, the taste saves this with up front German bitterness and hop spice, propelled by big effervescence. Very hop-forward, in fact. Light malts just hang behind. The skunk nose is gone once I've poured half the can, so notching it up a bit.