Indistinct clear-toned light lager retains dry-bodied crispness, bland watery flow, and mildly bitter hopping. But obstructive carbonation, fleck popcorn tedium, and solvent nature put this one step above useless Lite beers and cloy Bud.
Here’s a refreshing change of pace, a light beer with up-front seasoning. Clove, coriander, and allspice enrich banana-peeled floral bouquet (blossom, rosebud, and hemp). Despite being undermined by ‘light’ labeling, soft orange undertones and mild cereal graining add to its enormous potential.
Canned Mexican-styled Canadian brings sour apple wining to oily-hopped tin-foiled corn malted cheapness somewhat reminiscent of Schlitz. Light, foamy, and ill defined.
Fizzy carbolic urgency melts away honeyed wheat biscuit sweetness and barren caramelized rye dryness for bland cardboard staleness. Soapy finish exhausts buttery bottom, minimal hop roast, and tart fruit trace.
Typecast South of the Border beer retains translucent pale yellow complexion, flowery hop bite, and tequila twist. Dry barleymalts dominate simple ‘almena’-style lager as lively fizz lingers on tongue. But underlying beauty of Panamanian brew is its crisp mountain water. Best served chilled.
Same signature skunked aroma, clear golden hue, and sharp hop carbonation as brewers’ standard, though sourdough pungency negatively affects barren acridity. Also, counterbalanced sweet malting lacks muscle.
Worthy of a few sips despite petty 0.5% alcohol range and unobtrusive nature. Clear-toned, malt-toasted, daintily barley-tinged pale amber with sugary backdrop too slight to dent charts. Stale bread finish lowers appeal.
Timid moderate-bodied golden-paled bohemian suffers from musty yeast stench, soured crystal malt scourge and vacuous corn-sugared butterscotch trifle, allowing floral wheat backbone to tail off. Fresh-cut grass, hay, and horsehide earthiness lost in the balance.