Tag Archives: amber lager

KILLARNEY’S RED LAGER

Irish malts enliven frisky apple stint and sweet barley flow (typical Budweiser characteristics). Luckily, it lacks the cloy nature of its cheaper predecessor and instead pours thick with beautifully cascading auburn bubbles drifting elegantly towards the top. More robust and flavorful than Killian’s Red Lager and much closer to the delicious tap beers Bud gives away to patrons at Florida’s Busch Gardens Sea World.

(SHMALTZ) CONEY ISLAND LAGER

Crystalline soft-watered copper-hued moderate body not up to snuff in bottled format. Czech pilsner yeast lacks thrust as rye-wheat frontage falters, lemony floral-hoppedĀ grapefruit-orange souring evaporates and tangy apple-peach-grape aspect never challenges. Bland peat malts dim honeyed tea dearth. On tap, busier grain-toasted red-orange fruiting engages caramel-vanilla sweetness to twiggy finish more sufficiently.