Riding the Rails Hoppy Lager
Sun King Brewing Company
- From:
- Sun King Brewing Company
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 10.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 20, 2019
- Added:
- Nov 04, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Collaboration with Founders Brewing Co.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by secondtooth from Indiana
3.5/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Clean golden, with a massive head of foam and light wisp of lace.
Aroma: Balanced malts and hops, maybe more to the grainy side, though…
Taste: Light body, with plenty of hops and kinda floral finish. Lingering bitterness here. A decent if unremarkable and disappointing entry from some prime brewers.
Jan 20, 2019Aroma: Balanced malts and hops, maybe more to the grainy side, though…
Taste: Light body, with plenty of hops and kinda floral finish. Lingering bitterness here. A decent if unremarkable and disappointing entry from some prime brewers.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.34/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
CAN you believe what @jkblr sent me for inclusion in New Beer Sunday (Week 717)?!? I had some legwork ahead of me for this one, including taking & resizing a pic before adding it with all of its specs.
From the CAN: "A Sun King Brewery and Founders Brewing Co. Collaboration". It comes CANplete with their respective state maps and stars indicating where each is located. The handcar on the label is passing a crossing sign marking the crossroads of Indiana & Michigan! As a railroad buff, this one speaks to me on many levels.
I Crack!ed open the vent on this gem & beCAN a moderate Glug into the awaiting glass. It rewarded my gentleness by puffing upwards, forming just under three fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with excellent retention, leaving nice lacing in its wake. Color was a gorgeous Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5) with NE-quality clarity, prompting a visit from The Gelt Gang of Midas, Mammon & Croesus, all desirous of a taste. Nose was not as hoppy as the name would indicate, but it was very clean-smelling, adjunct free with a strong bready maltiness & a light grassiness. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but certainly big for a Lager. The taste was actually quite citrusy, kind of a lemon-grapefruit hybrid! I CANnot tell you why I did not pick it up on the nose, but I definitely got it on my palate. What a bracing start to the day! Finish was crisp, clean & dry. It would be absolutely thirst-quenching on a hot, humid Summer's day & it was no slouch on this chilly late-Fall morning. Leave it to the Midwesterners to knock a home run. Muy Bueno!
Nov 18, 2018From the CAN: "A Sun King Brewery and Founders Brewing Co. Collaboration". It comes CANplete with their respective state maps and stars indicating where each is located. The handcar on the label is passing a crossing sign marking the crossroads of Indiana & Michigan! As a railroad buff, this one speaks to me on many levels.
I Crack!ed open the vent on this gem & beCAN a moderate Glug into the awaiting glass. It rewarded my gentleness by puffing upwards, forming just under three fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with excellent retention, leaving nice lacing in its wake. Color was a gorgeous Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5) with NE-quality clarity, prompting a visit from The Gelt Gang of Midas, Mammon & Croesus, all desirous of a taste. Nose was not as hoppy as the name would indicate, but it was very clean-smelling, adjunct free with a strong bready maltiness & a light grassiness. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but certainly big for a Lager. The taste was actually quite citrusy, kind of a lemon-grapefruit hybrid! I CANnot tell you why I did not pick it up on the nose, but I definitely got it on my palate. What a bracing start to the day! Finish was crisp, clean & dry. It would be absolutely thirst-quenching on a hot, humid Summer's day & it was no slouch on this chilly late-Fall morning. Leave it to the Midwesterners to knock a home run. Muy Bueno!
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