2 bucks at vintage estates. Pour is clear pale with lots of visible carbonation action. Nice white head fades rapidly. Nose is fresh macro lager with a hint of cream corn. First taste is fairly clean and fresh as well. Maybe has a hint of vienna in there. Very good level of carbonation. Getting some processed feel in there near the middle. Towards the finish, a some odd undesirable unidentifiable bitterness begins to build. Seems to increase its viscosity on the finish. Does fall in line with the typical average american cheap pale macro lagers, except that its a little more expensive. Typical cheap pale american lager 80 cents/can. This stuff $1.50/can.

Cheap can from chalet. Perfectly clear pale with a nice creamy foam head that stays. Nose is fresh pine perfume. First big swig seems to be dead on style plain old IPA of the older merickan style, circa 2010. Its big, forward and bad on the taste buds, no mercy bitterness. Seems that super high amounts of hops added early in the brewing process, fer sher. Not as mouth coating as more vicious IPA. In this sample, isomerised alpha acids create a rude sharp, biting, and lingering flavor along with a an extended nasty finish. I'm thinking like the original purpose of these hops, a medicinal bitterness acting as a preservative and defining this nasty style's characteristic. The finish is unbalanced and overrunning any detectable malt body. Whew, what else can be said? If you like the plain old original style IPA, give this a try.