Light Lager
Seapine Brewing Company

Clear golden brew in the Kolsch glass with plenty of foam. Bright and prickly on the tongue. Pleasant aroma of straw with an herbal note. Taste is elusive but hints of grain and perhaps the briefest hoppy note. The aftertaste, however, is a solid cereal flavor that is quite nice and followed by a faint astringent note. Overall, it's a beery-tasting quaff that satisfies. From the 16 oz can purchased at Elizabeth Station. Dated 10/28/24.

My second from Seapine, the first was a Hefe- via Tavour in 2020. So I went a their website to see how Seapine has matured into a 14 year old. And their website is impressive, short and sweet. I particularly like how they weave the qualities of the Pacific Northwest into their brewing and taproom in Seattle's old warehouse district. For all that I give them very good Overall Hugs. Drank with an Indian Dal Mahani and this Light Lager cleansed and cooled my palate. Good pairing, More Hugs.

As for Light Lager, it's a pretty blonde that could use a little more bubbles and foam. Smells are mostly sweet malt. Hops introduce themselves quickly in the Tastes, but stay even and are just enough to balance the sweet malt. Crisp and medium-mouthed for the style.

Canned on 8/4/23; consumed on 11/28/23

Pours a crystal-clear, pale straw hue capped with multiple fingers of fluffy, eggshell-white foam; good head retention leaves a finger of cap, large, sudsy collar, and myriad spattering of soapy, webby lacing draping down the walls of the glass.

Aromas of boggy grain silo waft through wet wheat, with notes of young bread dough and subtle straw maintaining a refined grain balance into a peak of unbuttered popcorn.

Taste shows a slight minerality upfront, accompanied by hints of dry grapefruit seltzer and modest, grassy underscores; distant white toast finds flaked malt over the mid-palate leaving subdued undertones of wheat bread on the finish.

Mouthfeel brings a light body and an ample, prickly fluff of fuller carbonation, phasing into a mid-palate veering bone-dry as a crispness takes hold over the back end and an extended snap marks the finish.

An extensive grain detail yields a fragrant, expressive light lager, brimming with character wispily delivered from a slight ABV.