Dubious clear-toned pale ale pits gaudy maize sourness against soft-toned grassy-hopped diacetyl buttering. Oncoming herbal-tinged lemon rind bitterness fades to dankly musty soapiness that devours many like-minded cookie-cutter Eastern Euros.

Sourdough nosing and sweet floured yeast mouthfeel succumb to bland sugar malt follow-up. Yet frisky citric hop fizz revives bittersweet nut-grain conventionality.

Musty sour yeast aroma sets up frisky-hopped bitter malts and moderate buttery creaminess. But too predictable by third passing.

Washed-out weakly-designed golden-hazed white-headed Belgian-styled witbier lacks neccesary up-front thrust. Soft lemon-fizzed coriander-spiced abatement and impending lime-agave tingle pick up misty green apple wisp. Lightly herbed white-peppered ginger-sage-rosemary tease loses out to carbolic seltzer spritz.

Clear pale-bodied white-headed moderation with corned malt liquor aroma, parched hop persistence, and mineral water crispness dulls out quickly. Typical Eastern European tinny grain dankness, flimsy yeast souring, and obtrusive cloying nature obscure soapy suds to arid finish.

Fresh berry aromatics and fresh water flow usurp sharp hop bitterness tethering peculiar dry citric sourness. Honeyed Scotch whir and creamy Drambuie (though not as thickly sweet) illumination wait in the wings. Unassertive lager will please amateurs without discouraging experienced drinkers.

Languid smoked barley sweetness and faint wheat presence counter slack hop bitterness overwhelmed by watery carbonation. Roasted malts inundate unrealized finish. Compares unfavorably to Jamaica’s Red Stripe.

Clear-hued sharp-grained musty-scented lager with mildly hopped lemony apricot fizz adding tingle to delicate water texture. Not as soapy as some Eastern Euro middleweights, but very limited in flavor.

Astringent maize nose informs dainty off-dry floral wheat luster and salted hop pep of peculiar golden-hazed lager. Buttery cocoa malts and wobbly licorice notes infiltrate soapy orange limed suggestion to cheap Scotch finish. Tinny alcohol-burnt astringency ruins medicinal intrigue.

Canned traditional German-styled pale lager maintains lemon soda flow and sweet cola fizz. But dank malting, cloy sucrose finish, and nasty skunked aroma preclude subsequent quaffing.

Pearly white-headed yellow-bodied lager has promising fruited malt entry tamed by citric hop wisp and threadbare barley-wheat snip, finishing feebly as dour alcohol astringency overwhelms lightly salted sweet corn stipend.

Brewed in Texas as well as Mexico, this lawnmowing pale lager has a long history and its bottled and canned versions have featured many different, but similar, labels. Obvious Tex-Mex tequila-agave assertion goes fine with lemon twist. But too delicate and unassuming, lacking distinction from fizzed pilsner mouthfeel to light grained finish.