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Retired American Luddite and refugee of the 2018-2024 Ratebeer/Anheuser-Busch (InBev) fiasco. Thanks Brewver for the chance to continue rating! ....... and yes, I'll soon be a supporter! ........ Since 1968, I've enjoyed all kinds of cheap macro pale lagers, starting with Carling Black Label bottles I found in Grampa Gino's wine cellar! Later, my dad had faves like Old Mil, Strohs, Bud, Coors Light and Piels! They were all good for a budding youngster like me. My ratings aren't to style, but how much I liked it. Thus, my fave styles; lambic, wild & flemish, rate much higher than IPA since I don't like bitter hoppy beers. You like IPA? The lower my IPA rating, the better according to style! There, you have it! Easy peezy, no worries!

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cheap (9692) reviewed

Tesoro Especial from ABW Virginia Beach

2 months ago

6/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 5 Overall 7.5

Bottle from ALDI Seminole. Pour is rather very light pale. Nose is quite refreshing, no sign of any ill character on the olfactory. White head fades immediately. Taste is clean and fresh, JMHO, not bad for a mexican lager. Goes down pretty easy; civilized friendly, maybe a hint of lime? Not sure. Very good level of co2 as well. The last two mexican lagers I got at aldi have not been dissapointing; just simple bubbly fresh satisfying pale lager at a decent price! Thanks aldi. Right up there with Aldi Carista, Great Lakes Mexican Lager with Lime, Alesmith Clasico, and Alesmith Sublime.

Tried from Bottle from Aldi (United States) on 21 Apr 2026 at 19:28

cheap (9692) reviewed

Carista from Aldi (Nord / Süd / Hofer)

2 months ago

5.6/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 7

Clear bottle from ALDI Seminloe from a $7 sixpack. This bottle, with a white label that says Mexican Style Lager. Pours pale clear yellow with a thin white head. Nose is surprizingly fresh pale lager, maybe a tad of cream corn? Not sure. Nothing negative on the olfactory either way. First taste is quite refreshing; lots of carbonation, easy to take and I think it just may have a touch of lemon. As a pale lager lover, comes across as good as any other mexican beer I've done in recent memory. Right up there with Great Lakes Mexican Lager with Lime, Alesmith Clasico, and Alesmith Sublime. Not bad overall.

Tried from Bottle from Aldi (United States) on 21 Apr 2026 at 19:00

cheap added a new beer Tesoro Especial by ABW Virginia Beach
2 months ago

cheap updated a beer: Carista brewed by Aldi (Nord / Süd / Hofer)
2 months ago

cheap updated a beer: Everflow brewed by Copperpoint Brewing Company
2 months ago

cheap updated a brewery: New Realm Brewing located in United States
2 months ago

cheap (9692) reviewed

Graffiti Orange from Seventh Son Brewing Company

2 months ago

5.4/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 2 Overall 5

Pour this pounder can from total wine into a glass and you get one hellacious looking brew, no kidding. Nitro looking cloudy pale with a middle of some kinda chunks all topped with a creamy head that looks tremendously appealing. Slight orange nose, but that's about it on the olfactory. Unfortunately, the flavor does not live up to the aroma nor the visual presentation. Yes, you can tell its a wheat ale and its rudeness is quite subdued, but it still is a wheat ale. In the middle the orange flavors try to come thru, and the vanilla beans? Not sure where to find them. Yea, the flavorings do a good job of covering the wheat ale attributes and in the middle, I am getting somewhat satisfied with the session. One of the better wheat ales I've had lately, too bad its most likely gonnah be styled as a fruit beer. There is a lot of improper styles in the fruit beers and the the wheat ales. As a wheat ale, its not as good as Tap Room No. 21 Moe's Backroom Wheat but its as good as Great Lakes Crushworthy Lo-Cal Citrus Wheat: Orange and Lemon, and a bit better than Leinenkugel Honey Weiss Bier.

Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - St. Petersburg, FL on 20 Apr 2026 at 21:36

cheap added a new beer Graffiti Orange by Seventh Son Brewing Company
2 months ago

cheap (9692) reviewed

Head Hunter - Double Dry Hopped from Fat Head's Brewery

2 months ago

1.6/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 0.5 Texture 1 Overall 0.5

Oh, bitter brew, you are so cheap,
Forced to take you to the ticking heap.
You smell like pine and some BO,
I can tell you are a serious foe.
A clear pale eye and really nice head,
Its not a preview of the taste I dread.
Yer not a lager lover's friend,
With 65 IBUs that never end.
A resinous, piney, and fierce attack,
That makes the flavor such a whack..
From Simcoe, Centennial to Chinook, bite,
You turn the palate to a state of fright.
You speak of juicy, soft clear pale,
But you are fire, an old school nail.
Grapefruit skin dank rubber herbaceous green,
The sharpest hop-trap my tongue has seen.
You sting the gums making my senses ring,
A resin-coated, hop-forward, wild thing.
No malt can hide beneath your jagged edge,
Your bracing bite is your solemn pledge,
Of dry, clean finishes and tongue-clinging oil,
The noble work of intense boiling toil.
So hail the bitter! The sharp! The bold!
One of the rudest IPA that I can hold.

Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 19 Apr 2026 at 19:47

cheap added a new beer Head Hunter - Double Dry Hopped by Fat Head's Brewery
2 months ago