Hopsmith Pale Lager
Old Forge Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

Can not dated. Poured into pint glass. It pours a crystal clear golden color with a thin, milk-white head and extensive lacing with nice retention. Not much of a smell; mostly cracker malt with a faint whiff of citrus. It has a nice, lite, crisp taste of cracker, lemon peel, and crisp dry hops. It's lite and seriously drinkable at 5.6% ABV. It's only the first week of March but I feel like cutting the lawn and pounding a few cans of this really nice APL.

 

Pours a calm clear light amber color.

Smells of toasty and slightly burnt citrus-hops.

As with a lot of pale lagers, I feel like there is a sour undertone that I don't fully appreciate in this. There is also a distinct soapiness in the aftertaste which makes this quite unique.

I'm not a huge fan, but I think that's more due to me being unattractive by the style.

 

I tried this on tap at Stone Grille Tap House in York, served chilled in a pint.

The color is golden clear with thick white head and good retention with fine bead as lace sticks. The smell is semi-citrus type smell of hops with light sweet malt with a subtle but pleasant quality with nice fruity aroma. The feel is tangy with mildly bitter texture up front with a slight sweetness and moderate carbonation with semi-dry finish.

The taste has a semi-bitter hop flavor with slight citrus zest and mild herbal quality with subtle lemony flavor with a hint of spice and mild malt sweetness with light alcohol accent as it finishes with slight lingering bitterness. This is an easy to drink pale lager -very tasty hops with smooth lager qualities a light IPL type bitter quality not bitter for bitterness sake but I would be interested in comparing the non-tap version.

 

 

 

 

 

A nice beer, not too heavy and has a nice hop bite to it. Comes in a big ass can, says 6% ABV on the can (rated lower on here). The pour was a nice golden color with a nice fizz to it. The head was little to none and dissipated very quickly. It does have a lot of the characteristics of a lager, but it is way hoppy and taste more like an IPA. Not a bad beer at all.

 

 

 

 

A big thanks to the creator of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a light golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is malty, some sweetness. Taste is of malts, a surprising bit of hops, smooth and refreshing. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a fine session beer.