Formerly nicknamed “Natty” when Baltimore-brewed, this cheaply sour-doughed, phenol-hopped, cumulous-headed pale lager slips into fizzy insignificance, maligning paper thin fresh-cut grass nose, sweet grain minerality and piquant peach-tangerine conflux.
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KOKANEE GLACIER LAGER
(OLDE WYNDHAM) LONG GREY LINE LAGER
Okay pale-toned earthen-grained sour milk-wafted sedation gains peculiar ginger ale dryness ahead of prominent sourdough funk, but as musty yeast heft subsides, little else shines through at watery sugar-sweetened finish. Couldn’t find label so used brewers’ Frog ‘N Hound Cream Ale as reference. Brewery defunct: 2003.
MOLSON KICK LAGER
OKOCIM O.K. PALE LAGER
Fluffy white-headed gold-silken malt liquor-strengthened Pol more memorable and enjoyable than macrobrewed Budweiser. Pungent yeast-wafted barley-breaded entry receives moderate dry-spiced hop bittering not nearly as brawny as 6.2% alcohol volume indicates. Tepid carbolic fizz and corn-husked astringency hinder soapy metallic finish, hurting its chances with serious drinkers.
PORTLAND ZIG ZAG RIVER LAGER
ROCKFORD GOLDEN LAGER
SPRECHER PALE LAGER
Subtle wheat-grained cereal opening integrates sweet caramel corn, toasted barley and baguette illusions with muted fruiting of bohemian-styled lager. Lemony orange souring overrides tidy apple spicing, minor coarse astringency and backend acidity. Honeyed Scotch malting creates sinewy mouthfeel. Basic ingredients connect the dots well.