Lawnchair Hotrod
Rhinegeist Brewery
- From:
- Rhinegeist Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #312 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #34,081 - Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 13.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 13, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 28, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
This easy-drinking, freewheelin’ Tropical Lager will get you where you want to go on the double (as long as that’s somewhere sunny and relaxing). Lawnchair Hotrod is a refreshing ride revved up with thiolized notes of mouth-watering tropical fruit and bright citrus. Good vibes coming down the track!
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Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky
3.53/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
At Mainstrasse Village Pub from the can.
Aug 04, 2024
Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana
3.7/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12oz canned 05/23/23 (6 weeks ago) poured into a perfect pint glass at fridge temp 6% ABV. The beer pours mostly bright with some chill haze and off white head. The head recedes to an uneven ring and leaves a few spots of lacing. The aroma is moderate in strength featuring dank and tropical fruit salad, but no sweetness. The taste is bittersweet dank hops with more vague tropical fruit that I can't pinpoint. Moderate bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, pretty unique. Not a taste profile that I really enjoy, but not sure it's not what they intended either...
Jul 14, 2023
Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan
3.9/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Yellow translucent amber with a very short white head.
Aroma lost on my Covid affected nose.
The taste was kinda wild, this may have been my first IPA with thiolized (sp) hops.
Had tropical fruit but not specific varieties that I could identify. The bitterness was muted but there.
The feel was quite good, crisp and refreshing.
It’s not an IPA in the traditional sense, but it’s good.
Jul 12, 2023Aroma lost on my Covid affected nose.
The taste was kinda wild, this may have been my first IPA with thiolized (sp) hops.
Had tropical fruit but not specific varieties that I could identify. The bitterness was muted but there.
The feel was quite good, crisp and refreshing.
It’s not an IPA in the traditional sense, but it’s good.
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
07/10/23 draft @ Wild Eagle
Jul 12, 2023
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
3.76/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz can
date stamped 05/23/23
L: drank from the can
S: big passion fruit/guava along with grass, citrus, pine - I had to look on the can to see if it was brewed with fruit
T: tropical passion fruit & guava, lemongrass, wheat perhaps, biscuity grain, mild pine
F: lighter body, moderate carbonation, balanced and slightly tart finish
O: good tropical fruit flavors with this one
Jun 27, 2023date stamped 05/23/23
L: drank from the can
S: big passion fruit/guava along with grass, citrus, pine - I had to look on the can to see if it was brewed with fruit
T: tropical passion fruit & guava, lemongrass, wheat perhaps, biscuity grain, mild pine
F: lighter body, moderate carbonation, balanced and slightly tart finish
O: good tropical fruit flavors with this one
Reviewed by DDiFran from Ohio
2.76/5 rDev -22%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.76/5 rDev -22%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
L: pale gold with a thin white head but no lace
S: sour fruit in a big bad way
T: sweet in a strange way
F: syrupy sweet
Interesting effort but a bit syrupy sweet for me. A rare miss from an otherwise outstanding brewer.
Jun 19, 2023S: sour fruit in a big bad way
T: sweet in a strange way
F: syrupy sweet
Interesting effort but a bit syrupy sweet for me. A rare miss from an otherwise outstanding brewer.
Reviewed by Weisenbeer from Ohio
4.05/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Well, Rhinegeist pulled it off ... They made a lager interesting .... Decent to look at and to smell but more importantly it tastes great .... I think this could make for a great summer sipper
Jun 18, 2023Rated by Scottrocles
2.1/5 rDev -40.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
2.1/5 rDev -40.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
This beer is a total fail. No desire to drink the remaining 5. About as refreshing as a glass of half and half, and tropical like a sweater
Jun 12, 2023
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.52/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Why do ales get to have all the fun? Topical flavors, summery variery, beach beer and playful flavor doesn't have to stop at ale making, especially when lager is over there trapped in tradition. Rhinegeist drags the traditional German lager into the fun with their tropical take on the light beer.
Since there are no rules, Lawnchair Hotrod gets going with a mildly hazy, streaming, golden straw pour. As its light and foamy head builds in place, the scent of tropical fruit, citrus, sun tan lotion and light grasses fill the nose. Sweeter in its initial taste, hints of honey, agave and wafer bring a light grainy sweetness to the early palate.
As the sweetness fades, the juiciness of pineapple and complementary hawaiian punch flavors give a glimpse of vacation if only for the tastebuds. Grainy sweet flavors back up the fruit flavors in waited anticipation of grassy hops and their peppery bitterness for balance.
Medium bodied but trending light, the beer's off-clean grain profile carries an earthy must that links up with the fruit skin pectins for an unsettled bite in finish. We should probably leave lagers alone and let ales have all the fun after all.
May 08, 2023Since there are no rules, Lawnchair Hotrod gets going with a mildly hazy, streaming, golden straw pour. As its light and foamy head builds in place, the scent of tropical fruit, citrus, sun tan lotion and light grasses fill the nose. Sweeter in its initial taste, hints of honey, agave and wafer bring a light grainy sweetness to the early palate.
As the sweetness fades, the juiciness of pineapple and complementary hawaiian punch flavors give a glimpse of vacation if only for the tastebuds. Grainy sweet flavors back up the fruit flavors in waited anticipation of grassy hops and their peppery bitterness for balance.
Medium bodied but trending light, the beer's off-clean grain profile carries an earthy must that links up with the fruit skin pectins for an unsettled bite in finish. We should probably leave lagers alone and let ales have all the fun after all.
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