Pre-Prohibition Style Lager
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.

Pre-Prohibition Style LagerPre-Prohibition Style Lager
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From:
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
 
Nebraska, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Lager
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
76
Avg:
3.3 | pDev: 16.36%
Reviews:
75
Ratings:
218
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 19, 2021
Added:
Aug 22, 2009
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  41
Pre-Prohibition style salutes a time when lagers had greater character and more distinct flavor, when beer wasn't full of the additives found in many of today's mainstream lagers. Lucky Bucket's version has a light, malty flavor that's easy on the palate. Filtered twice, the subtle maltiness nicely balances a floral hop. Dry-hopped with a fresh blend of aromatic West Coast hops, Lucky Bucket Lager is a great session beer with an ABV of 4.5% and 20 IBU's.
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Ratings by MadScientist:
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Reviewed by MadScientist from New York

4.1/5  rDev +24.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This beer is a medium amber with excellent clarity and an off-white head that settles to a quarter inch of foam on the top after a couple of minutes.
A very appealing grain, slightly sweet malt aroma is prominent with a moderately high citrus hop aroma that seems a bit spicy in the background. There was just a slight green apples aroma from the yeast for a couple of minutes.

The first sip has a big grainy, malty flavor balanced with a medium-high hop bitterness and medium-high citrus and pine hops flavors. The balance of malt sweetness and hops bitterness is tilted towards the bitter end with the bitterness lingering briefly into a dry finish.

This has a medium body and a medium-high level of carbonation with a pleasant creamy quality.

I really liked this beer it's like the lager equivalent to an American Pale Ale as far as hops flavor and bitterness just that it has a malty backbone and that clean lager yeast character to it. Beers like remind me that there is more to beer than ales and it's about time I tried my hand at brewing a lager.
Jun 30, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

Aug 19, 2021
 
Rated: 4.09 by CisPiece88 from Nebraska

Jul 23, 2021
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Reviewed by BubbleBobble from New York

3.23/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Pours from the bottle a clear amber, light half-inch eggshell head, little lacing. Nose is light toffee and caramel, noble hops, slight metallic notes. Taste follows - light toast and brown bread, sweeter malts, toffee; as it warms, there's some minerality as well. Mouthfeel is very soft and smooth. A solid sessionable, malt-forward beer.
Jun 20, 2021
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Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin

4.01/5  rDev +21.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a clear, deep orange color with a slight red/amber hue. Nearly no head. SRM of 15-16. (3.75)

Aroma: Smooth and malty aromas of nuts and caramel.

Flavor: Smooth and malty flavors. Lots of pecan, nutella, sweet corn, and caramel. Smooth and delicious. No hops. No bitterness. Minimal yeast, mostly malts.

Feel: Medium-bodied. Low carbonation. Smooth on the palate.

Compared to CAstle Danger's Castle Cream Ale 2/5/21: Pours a slightly darker color. Stronger aromas. More nuts and caramel. Stronger malt profile.

Overall: My first Pre-Prohibition style lager. This one was surprisingly impressive. Nice strong malty aromas/flavors. It has nuts & caramel. Flavors similar to a brown ale, but lighter and dry. Quite delicious, and packed full of malty flavor for 4.0% ABV.
(Final Rating: 4.01)
Feb 06, 2021
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Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida

3.7/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
One of the more unique beers I've had in a while...

My second offering from the sixer I brought back from Nebraska, this one is from La Vista. Great dark copperish coloration with thin foam, the smell and taste are oakey to me. I have no other way of describing it. The oak taste interestingly enough is better than the smell, all of it wrapped in a light and crisp mouthfeel. As unique as this was, it was strange - not terribly strange, but not the kind you want to overly laud, either.
Aug 16, 2020
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Reviewed by Scott17Taylor from Iowa

3.36/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
It’s really nothing special. It’s just a grainy slightly sweet lager. It pours with no head, has a very neutral sweet malt aroma and very straight forward grainy sweet taste with maybe a bit of lemon. It’s passable for what it is, I would compare this to a Dos Equis amber. I’d drink it over a bud, And it’s go well with tacos. Wouldn’t seek it out though.
Feb 26, 2020
 
Rated: 3.27 by GarbageMan10 from Texas

Jan 07, 2019
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

3.26/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From the bottle, it pours a nice amber with virtually no head. No lacing. Nose is bready with a touch of caramel. Taste is pretty much the same. Pleasant and agreeable.
Jan 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.99 by Lord_Thom from Nebraska

Jan 01, 2019
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.2/5  rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle, which says 4.0% abv on it. Has a copper color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, bready malts. Taste is the same, very mild, on the bland side. Feels medium/light bodied in the mouth and overall is a mediocre beer.
Nov 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chilmer from Iowa

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 2.8 by sethcroisant from Nebraska

Nov 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by OzmanBey from Massachusetts

Nov 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.12 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Jul 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by Cristoph from Nebraska

May 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

May 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.46 by TrojanRB from Texas

May 06, 2017
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Reviewed by Try-em-all from Missouri

2.5/5  rDev -24.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Cloudy orange to dark gold head, light head with some residual carbonation after the pour. Bread and caramel in the snoot, nothing exciting game here on this one, not a very good beer at all. Glad I bought it as a single. Pass on this one.
Apr 20, 2017
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.68/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into lager glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a small dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of cracker, toasted biscuit, brown bread, light nuttiness, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of bready malt and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A bit fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Flavors of cracker, toasted biscuit, brown bread, light nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, toasted biscuit, brown bread, light nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Minimal dryness. Fairly clean on lager flavors, with minimal yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4%. Overall this is a nice lager. All around nice robustness and balance of bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, clean, and refreshing to drink. Feels a bit more like a Vienna lager. Nice clean malty flavor, with just enough hops to balanced the sweetness. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Apr 01, 2017
Pre-Prohibition Style Lager from Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 76 out of 100 with 218 ratings