Sunshine State FL-Lager
Carib Brewery USA

Sunshine State FL-LagerSunshine State FL-Lager
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From:
Carib Brewery USA
 
Florida, United States
Style:
Vienna Lager
Ranked #135
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
73
Ranked #27,731
Avg:
3.15 | pDev: 14.6%
Reviews:
31
Ratings:
172
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 23, 2023
Added:
Aug 26, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  44
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Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia

3.04/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Looks good, but the smell and taste are a touch acrid for what I was expecting in this style. Vegetable vibe from another reviewer seems about right. Feel is closer to expected, but overall a miss.
Jun 23, 2023
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Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia

2.94/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 2.75
Appearance: Dispensed a near clear, light coppery toned body with a very thin, very brief, white head.

Smell: Just the merest toastiness with a razor thin, crisp glaze of sugary toffee. In the background is just this unkempt, unclean vegetable vibe.

Taste: Sunshine has a very thin toasty taste, a fairly reserved toffee flavor, though its sweetness is there with a little meager bit of hops as well. Still with that grody vegetal quality leading to a sourish finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-light carbonation.

Overall: Clean up your act!
Jun 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.35 by Jcal2023 from Pennsylvania

May 14, 2023
 
Rated: 3.73 by dbrauneis from North Carolina

Sep 26, 2022
 
Rated: 3.56 by robotic_being from Illinois

Apr 24, 2022
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can served near the brewery (listed as Florida Beer Co.).
Appearance. Clear amber colored body with a durable, moderate sized white head.
Unexceptional, hop forward aroma. The flavor, nonetheless, is above average. It's clean, well balanced, and leaves a mild but pleasant aftertaste.
Mouthfeel. Near medium body with medium carbonation.
Nov 08, 2021
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Reviewed by pinback99 from Ohio

3.94/5  rDev +25.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
I must take issue with my beeradvocate brethren here, who have landed this brew squarely in the "Okay" category. I feel like, along with some other notably misunderstood beers here, they are rating to a preconceived style, rather than the intended purpose.

This is listed as a "Vienna", which is true, but more specifically, it is a Vienna brewed to be enjoyed when it's 97 degrees in the shade during your Florida vacation. It demands to be ice cold, and demands you to be sweating profusely with no hope of relief and no deodorant in sight, but you still will not allow yourself to be demeaned into ordering a Budweiser.

It features more than a hint of toasty malt and hops, but with enough "easy-drinking" character to allow you to just pound a few and end your misery by your resort pool while the kids are crying, screaming, and throwing beach balls at each other, as you try to eke out a tiny bit of enjoyment during this overpriced nightmare of a trip.

Yessir, Florida Lager is a winner. It's Sam Adams under the sun. I brought a case back with me just to try to hang on to the memories.
Apr 03, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by JohnnyForeign from New Jersey

Feb 25, 2021
 
Rated: 2.79 by entenduintransit from Tennessee

Dec 24, 2020
 
Rated: 3.74 by swierczt from Connecticut

Dec 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.32 by Jonnybgood from Massachusetts

May 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.35 by kimlhurst from Ohio

Mar 21, 2019
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Reviewed by HipCzech from California

3.64/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Enjoyed bottled (12 oz) on the beach at the Radisson Suite Hotel Oceanfront and throughout Melbourne, FL. Easy drinking and refreshing, with a light body, moderate carbonation; grainy, bready malt body with a bit of caramel sweetness, and just enough spicy, bitter hops. An easy choice among a long list of AALs.
Oct 21, 2018
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Reviewed by CaptainHate from Ohio

3.25/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Got this in a prize raffle at a fundraiser. Looked at most of the beer and thought I need this like a third nut.

Poured from a 12 ounce into a pint glass. Brownish yellow with a medium sized head that went away quickly with decent lacing. Nice bready malty smell and taste. Nice mouthfeel.

I drank this after doing some yard work and was a sweaty mess. It was fine for quenching my thirst pleasantly. I'm glad I didn't pour it out. Maybe a saison would've been better aesthetically but this was here and free (almost). I hope that keeps me from being an insufferable beer snob.
Aug 02, 2018
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Reviewed by illpass78 from Maine

3.75/5  rDev +19%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. from the bottle.

Appearance: From bottle. Dunno guy.

Aroma: Malt, grain, brown bread.

Taste: Follows nose. Little caramel, fair amount of brown bread.

Mouthfeel: Average, largely inoffensive.

Overall: Pretty typical lager with some dark lager notes. Similar to Sam Adams and the such.
Jul 09, 2018
 
Rated: 2.35 by Noooddle from Washington

May 19, 2018
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Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota

3.76/5  rDev +19.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Sunshine State Florida Lager pours a clear copper color, with a small lacing head. Very nice warm crisp malty aroma. Flavor is warm and crisp, with a nice sweet malty flavor. Good body and feel. Overall, a very nice crisp lager, not overpowering, with good sweet flavors.
Mar 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.12 by godawgs from Louisiana

Mar 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.25 by Dface from Texas

Mar 01, 2018
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Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida

3.58/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Sometimes I'm just in the mood for easy - this lager was definitely easy...

Right out of the bottle, this lager poured the classic golden hued liquid everyone associates with beer. It did have good foam and lacing at first, but not down the glass. The smell was wheaty, bready, and light - to go with a mouthfeel that followed as light-bodied as well. A bit subdued when it came to taste but still a decent lager to pound on a hot summer's weekend, or even on during a not-so-cold Florida winter.
Dec 19, 2017
Sunshine State FL-Lager from Carib Brewery USA
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 172 ratings