Starlight Lager
Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon

 

 

Clear gold with a white head dying to a thin but persistently creamy ring leaving fluid blobs of lacing here or there.

The medium round body has a very pleasant, semi-sweet breadiness accented by toasted corn nuts and lightly herbal hops as the mild froth comes to a semi-dry finish. It's also a little floral with notes of white grape skin.

A solid helles that doesn't need to do anything goofy to justify it's long lifespan under the Fat Head's brand.

Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a deep golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, some malts. Taste is of malts, honey, grains, very easy drinking. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall it's not the most flavorful example of the style, but it's a highly refreshing beer.

L: Clear gold color and minimal head suggest a calculated use of malts.

S: Bready and yeasty. Grassy with a hint of hops.

T: Mild with a buttery sweet finish. Traditional and authentic.

F: Easygoing and smooth. Light taste with a medium body.

O: Starlight Lager is an excellent example of what a German lager should look, taste, and feel like. Made in Ohio.

 

Received as an extra in a trade. Canned 4/3/19.

A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a nice crystal clear golden hue with a thin half finger head that fades rather fast to leave a little lacing and a very thin head.

S - Aromas of big crackery grains, very faint grassy hops. Little bit of malt sweetness for balance.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of crackery grains and a very pleasant grassy floral hop flavour. There is a little bit of honey like malt sweetness which is quite pleasant on the finish that lingers just a little.

M- The mouthfeel here is by far the weakest aspect. Very little carbonated has this feeling incredibly thin/watery. Really, really needs more carbonation.

O - Overall this was a real solid Helles, the mouthfeel is just really mediocre. Even just a little bit more carbonation and this would be great.

Serving Type: Can

Bright, clear gold color with a small white head that disappears quickly.
Fresh, outdoorsy, grassy aroma. Sweet malt. Floral hops.
Ditto for the taste.
As advertised, crisp, lightly hopped.

Big ol' thanks to Corey for another Fat Head's. He likes that place so much because of his coincidentally enlarged dome. Take that however you'd like...

A beautiful light gold color, just slightly darker than polished brass. Excellent clarity, excellent bone white foam, not excellent retention or lacing. But that's ok. Still purdy.

As expected, and thankfully, this smells like it should. Extra floral, a touch of honey, and crumbled cracker dust. Simple. Wonderful.

Taste is right there with it. More like a lightly toasted biscuit with juuuuuuuust a drop, and I mean a smidgeon of honey. That flowery hoppiness is bold on the finish. It actually encapsulates the entirety from start to finish.

Very light and clean feeling with a soft carbonation. Well, there is a little bit of a slickness to it. Definitely on the bitter side with a big demand for constant thirst quenching thanks to desert like dryness, contradictory of that slickness. Wait, what...?

Easy drinker. Tasty. Simple and simply wonderful. Send a keg or two for summer please.

Cheers.

 

 

Clear light gold color with World class white cap and lacing.

Aroma of sweet, bready malt with floral, spicy hops with a fresh mown hay quality.

Taste at first is about equal parts of malt and hops together. Malt is superior in this regard but hops hold their own ground. Very pleasant mix that manages to be both simple and complex at the same time. It has the sophistication of the European model yet also possesses an individual approach to the traditional lager theme. Malt and hops continue to work in harmony from start to finish.

Medium texture with balancing carbonation.

Outstanding example of the lager style, food and company friendly yet fully competent to stand on it's own.

Poured a clear amber color with beautiful carbonation and a white 2 finger somewhat foamy head. Aroma was non-existent. Very slight and sweet biscuit flavor with an astringency and hop bite on the tail that is more reminiscent of an IPA than a Helles. The carbonation was moderate - high and the feel was light - moderate. The carbonation and bitterness was too much for a Helles. Munich has nothing worry about.

 

I got this off the single shelf at my local Giant Eagle. It poured a clear golden with white head that is leaving some lace but had some floaties as well. The scent was skunky. The taste was common of Becks....slightly skunky yet tasty. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it's an ok beer.

It seems unbelievable after all of this time, but Fat Head's beers are FINALLY coming to central PA! They originated in Pittsburgh & Philly has had them in distro for a while, but next Friday, 14 September 2018 is the release party for Fat Head's in Lancaster. You may rest assured that I will be in attendance that evening.

From the Bottle: "Folklore has it that the six points of the German Brewers' Star represented the six aspects of brewing most critical to purity: water, hops, grain, malt, yeast and the brewer himself. We created this beer in honor of this history. Prost!"; "Chill Out, Man, Have A Beer! (R) [undersigned] Matt * Chris * Glenn"; "Pure Beer. Nothing Else."; "24 IBU".

I was anxious to Pop! the cap & see what fresh Helles I was in for this time. I went with a C-line pour into the awaiting glass & sat back in amusement as it foamed up to form nearly three fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with great retention. Color was a beautiful Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5) with NE-quality clarity, calling forth The Gelt Gang of Midas, Mammon & Croesus to have a taste. Nose was malty and bready with a light Noble hop-like grassiness. I was really looking forward to this one as we are back in the grip of yet another heat wave. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was very bready with just a light presence of Noble hops, but it was well within specs. It was very easy-drinking and well over a quarter of it had disappeared before I really thought about it. Finish was semi-dry, crisp & highly refreshing. This was a welcome Summertime beer & one that I wish that they would CANsider CANning.

-German style lager.

A: Pristine clarity on a straw-brass colored body has a chalky white head standing about 1/2 inch, but only briefly.Very loosely dense carbonation of macro-bubbles within. The lacing is very sparse with some speckled remains.

S: Sweet lightly toasted bread aroma has some fresh dry grains and fresh flower hops. Some lemon-citrus tones and buttery malt lie underneath. Very clean overall.

T: The flavor was very clean and German like, malt focused, butter grain, crisp, and bready with some spicy character. A bit of lemon flowery and a yeasty bite occurs on the swallow. Very clean and crisp palate, and respectable to German style brewing.

M: Slippery and syrupy texture, a bit fuller then most per style, some crispness. Light bodied.

O: The beauty is in the clean german style malting. Malt focused first, with light back notes of hops are slight with a bit of spicy character gives much appreciation to those who enjoy a malt focused beer in multiples.

 

 

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pilsner glass.

Look is a bright straw yellow with a thick bubbly head.

Classic lager yeast smell with biscuit malt.

Taste is a lot thicker than I expected. Definite bright lager yeast.