On tap at Plank Pizza, stylishly robust lager retains dry raw-grained rusticity, herbal perfumed lemon musk and leafy hop astringency.
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STONE BUENAVEZA SALT & LIME LAGER
On tap at Jealous Monk, crisply easygoing Baja-inspired Mexican lager places sea-salted lime zesting next to peppery agave perfuming in dry corn malt setting. In the can, briny citric zesting lacks resolve as papery pilsner malts and stale breading ground sea-salted lime adjunct and cologned agave snap.
FLYING MACHINE PIECES OF YOU LAGER
Crisp ‘East Coast’ lager with hoppy IPA-like citrus luster brings dry lemon-wedged grapefruit tang to floral-bound grassy hops above doughy bread base.
JACK’S ABBY PRIDE AND PARQUET HOPPY LAGER
Easygoing yellow-cleared cumulus-headed dry lager brings mild lemony grapefruit-orange tang to wood-toned grassy hop astringency over delicate pale malting of IPA-inspired Celtics fodder. Floral citric spicing tingles dry finish.
MAGNIFY HOPPY LAGER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, musky lager fermented in Italian oak foeders loads dank herbal graining upon pungent lemon rot and desiccated orange tartness. White-wined Hallertau Blanc hops, tropical Nelson Sauvin hops and aromatic floral-spiced Crystal hops blend well.
TAPS SMOKE LAGER
Vapid beechwood-smoked Band-aid-wafted soaping and fizzy lemon tartness retreat hastily. In need of better wood-burnt hop graining. Like all Taps brews, it lacks firm body and rich construct.
CAMPEON CERVEZA
Skunked sour malt essence sets the stage for otherwise cloy, indifferent, agave-scented South American pilsner. Salty bottom perks up carbolic hops and juxtaposes corn sugar sweetness by meek finish.
KIRIN ICHIBAN SPECIAL PREMIUM RESERVE
Mild golden-bronzed dry lager with wheat-toasted corn ricing culls glistening crystal malt sweetness to counter earthen rusticity. Rice milked doughiness, dainty apple-pear dollop and recessive chestnut snip pick up slight hop spicing at the midst, but ‘100% malt’ beer, while displaying many delicate aspects, loses inertia by soapy citric finish.
(MESTANSKY) REBEL 2000 PROTI DROGAM
Despite limpid musty malt aroma and washed out lime finish, decent medium-bodied lager caresses mineral water discretion with earthy barley-wheat chaff, casual dry hop bitterness, and sourdough sinew for unassumingly strong rigidity.
ABITA GOLDEN
Dank doughy sweetness and lemony diacetyl vagary limit clear straw dry-bodied lightweight. Astringent corn malts and parched grass-hay hint don’t help matters.
ASAHI SUPER DRY DRAFT PILSNER
Typical rice-aided Japanese beer goes down smooth and easy. Thin lead ingredients appear to be rice and barley. But Japan’s “Super Dry’ #1 beer is so clean it barely leaves a delicate sourdough-malted cereal graining. In one-quart can, tinny water presence outlasts grain ebb.
CARTA BLANCA LAGER
Astringent soft-bodied golden premium gathers crystal malt constraint and corn-dried scruff to gentle metallic hop finish. An unassuming watery pale lager generic amateurs will consume.