Fragrant maize sweetness, wheat-chaffed oats dryness, and grassy-hopped frayed edge define straw-hazed pale lager. Slight yeast sinew shields quaint bittersweet lemon-grapefruit rush.

Expansive Erie Canal lager immersed by pithy yeast sediment gains signature Scotch malt sweetness as orange souffle tang leads to lime-y lemon pith finish that nicely balances up-front sweetening with tartly puckered sourness. Brewery defunct: 2001.

Bland straw-cleared cumulous-headed dry lager with polite rye malt palate, thin resinous hop bitterness, minor floral stint, and moderate creaminess gets cloy despite pungently skunked waft. Misleading 5% alcohol volume vaporized by metallic watering that wouldn’t scare away novices. Once again, Sleeman finishes below Molson in yet another style category.

Musty white wine-wafted clear-toned lightweight mired by watery blandness. Frugal tart lemon dryness turns cloy by pedestrian grassy-hopped finish. Softer and paler than paltry second-rate pilsners.

Grain bitterness is just too light to carry paper thin yeast sweetness and soft creamy malt follow-up. Simple, unassuming resin-hopped finish gives it the edge over mass produced macrobrews. Brewery defunct: 2001.

Mediocre white-headed golden-bodied middleweight smears malted barley sweetness atop charred hop bitterness and minor wood-chafed smokiness but depth and clarity lack.

Bland moderate-bodied pale lager diffuses pleasant grain toasting with bittersweet lemony orange tang. Clay hops induce phenolic enzyme-like acidity, dragging down leftover sugared malt efficacy.

Just another dull Latin American cerveza. Slightest musty malting overcomes bland grain setting and wispy citrus undertone lost amongst slim hop fizz. Moderate bitterness lingers to ineffective finish.

Middling opaque amber medium body with white-breaded rye-pumpernickel toasting fades to mild spice-hopped nut-charred caramel malt refuse. Metallic twang disrupts glutinous wheat component before settling into astringent orange-candied sourness.

Smoked salami nose matches strange cured meat smudge of agavi-spiced (?) bitterness. Though reminiscent of busier Mexican pilsners, dry malt souring at dismal phenol finish insults faded orange hint and unleavened bread nuance.

Mineral earthiness, grassy wheat dryness, and malted grain bitterness overwhelm oat-flaked sweet corn spine. Crisp hop bite reminiscent of better English-styled lagers. Mix with Sprite to make a ‘Shandy.’

Crisp water centers sharp grain bitterness, pale malt plainness, and sourdough follow-up for delicately nonchalant sunny yellow lager. Soapy finish succumbs to metallic raunchiness.