Preamble: What is Bright Lager? Other than being a lager, and probably falling somewhere in the American Lager style, I am not sure what exactly bright lager is, nor what should be expected. The website does, however, help to fill this knowledge gap: “The kinetic beauty of spicy hops grabs you by the nose and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lager’
19 Apr
Metropolitan Brewing – Dynamo Copper Lager
Preamble: Chicago seems to have an endless stream on new micro, and small, sized breweries starting up. Metropolitan has a gimmick: its beers are industrial in nature. You can delight in a Flywheel Lager, gently sup a Generator Doppelbock, or in this case get your mouth in gear with a Dynamo Copper Lager. This is [...]
8 Nov
Zlaty Bazant 12° (Golden Pheasant)
Overview: Its a Heineken stable beer, but lets not hold that against it. In fact just the fact that the brewery was bought out by the brewing giant shows that they have good taste. The brewery appears to have been around since the 1960s, so whilst not a old brewery its still been around for [...]
18 May
Gambrinus – reduced sugar
Overview: Today’s sampling is Gambrinus “Reduced Sugar”. Its another bottle fermented, pale (ale).
The Beer: Bottled. 3.8%. Light, golden colour, very gassy, light taste. For those w
ho can’t have too much sugars in their diet.
After Words: After the Gambrinus Svetly I was not holding out too much hope that this would be an improvement. It has [...]
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