Lagur
Lagunitas Brewing Company

one of the rare misses from lagunitas, this is objectively fine, but a missed opportunity to add an easy drinking everyday lager to their portfolio, an addition i still would advocate for. the problem is, its real malty, pushing vienna in terms of color and body and all, maybe a little drier and more hoppy, but its malty without good malty flavor, it misses the nutty depth of a good vienna, and with a near flavorless lager yeast strain, it seems completely underwhelming, but also not very light, i was hoping for way more with this one, and its no surprise it didnt seem to last long. nice clarity, brassy to copper in color, high white head dresses it up. nose and taste a tad generic on the grain side, toasted with light caramelization, but not a whole lot else to me, some pine forward hops on the back end, a squeeze of grapefruit, but this is restrained in that regard for these guys. honey nut cheerio vibes in the flavor, a biscuit thing to the grain, again very little from the yeast, and enough bitterness for this to still have a pretty quick finish. this is in the no mans land between easy drinking light lager and full flavored vienna, its quality is fine, but it misses the flavor depth of the vienna while being too heavy and grain forward to be boat beer. good carbonation, minerality, and hops though, just not quite what i think it set out to try to be, especially with summer lager printed on the can, more like october lager...

 

 

 

12 oz can poured into a shaker, the beer a slightly hazed gold with a fluffy and clingy off-white head.

The beer has an inviting aroma of malt, herbal hops and a touch of citrus.

The taste is pleasantly bitter but with a strong slightly sweet grain backbone. The herbal hops coat my tongue and the bitterness builds a bit mid-glass. The beer would be super easy to pair with brats or smoked pork as it has enough astringency to cut through fatty food.

The mouth is pleasantly coating and slightly thick.

This is a winner in my book. Should be a year around beer.

12oz can with no date, just a wack-ass code

Great head retention, clear and golden colored. Smell is heavy on hops and smells like their non-alcoholic hop water with a sweet golden malt backing. It tastes super busy, with lots of dank fruit flavors coming out from the hops. The hops don't make it easy to drink, they are cloying as it warms..

Not as much of a lager, more of a "lite IPA" - not what I was looking for.

 

 

The pour is golden yellow. The taste is too hoppy for a lager. This beer taste taste similar to the pale ale style of beer. Cheers! C-

 

12oz can, date stamped 192 9. Clear golden body with a thin white head. Pleasant and mild aroma of fruity citrus and pale malt. Lighter flavors with some nice fruitiness, orangy citrus, and faint pine; some slightly nutty malt, pale grain, and honey for sweetness. Light-to-medium body, very easy drinking, with an excellently balanced finish. This was good - very refreshing.

 

Hops, hops, hops. Aroma cuts to the chase, all big hops. Palate is more of the same, with little backing it. Like drinking hoppy hop water. I liked it. And at 5%, why not?

 

 

To me this tastes more like a Kolsch. Too hoppy for a lager, or just not enough malt to support.
At $20 a case it is far better than any other options available.
The finish is dry with a hop tongue coat.
Not crisp at all.
In my opinion a very decent beer, however a really crummy sample of the style intended.

Another flavored beer. Too sweet, too cloying. Tastes more like a soft drink than beer. What's wrong with beer tasting like beer?!? Fairly strong hops finish, which is fine, but the first taste isn't crisp like a great lager (Nooner was my favorite for example).