Sturdy pale lager receives sweet crystal malt efficacy and bubbly hop effervescence, allowing it to go down easy. But lack of continued grain persistence knocks it down a notch.

Not a typical Canadian brew due to its roasted chocolate overtones and assertive malt richness. Sweet yeast essence maintains well-balanced nature.

Containing fair amount of depth for lager but closer to West Coast microbrew than ‘German-style’ indication suggests. Hearty barley-toned center increases penetrating hop bitterness to grainy finish.

Hideous dry-bodied straw-hued white-headed lager with wavering orange-peeled lemon rind bitterness, spicy hop astringency, and evaporative malt sweetness gains harsh chemical acidity plus dank soapiness.

Totally defunct beer from small Indiana brewery. My friend Phil bought this while visiting home state of Jersey circa 2002. Sweet caramel malt essence embeds soft yeast tenacity enhancing moderately spiced grain-dominant Midwest microbrew. Perfect for simple blue collar types or white collar slummin.’

Hazy golden Italian with suspended yeast particles, aromatic floral accents, soft honeyed malts, and slight mint tingle goes down easy. Pleasant hop tide caresses sweet tobacco-leafed cotton candy illusion, lifting dewy nectar lightness to watery-textured musty-fruited finish.

On tap at brewery, perfectly balanced burnt sienna-clouded lager counters bright spice hop bitterness and juniper berry piquancy with enduring maple sweetness. Dry caramel malts fill out fascinating nut-induced finish. An extraordinary lager at any price.

More cereal grained, wheat-y, and malt thickened than Chinese competitor, Tsingtao (and just as hop-infused), despite being less engaging. A hint of agave puts this clear-toned lager closer to Mexican brews, but soft fizz gets a tad cloy, stale, and acidic. China’s answer to Coors?

Unconvincing honeyed malt drear, remedial lemon-soured hop fizz, and washed out barley dearth dim abruptly dissolving sourdough finish. Subsiding orange marmalade wisp wavers.

Muted roasted oats match bittersweet toasted barley foundation and tamped down hop scourge of pale-bodied Bavarian-styled lager. Though mild, mainstream, and predictable, its off-dry grain subtleties are its charm.

Frugal dry malts and placid grain earthiness intersect daintily sour orange rind perimeter, receding to lightly-hopped watery finish. Acidic backwash defeats zesty citric punch as weak finish and fleeting aftertaste vanish with nary a trace.