Consequences
All Inn Brewing Co

After an unfortunate review of Iron Jack Full Strength Lager we move on to a Lager I’m expecting to enjoy from All Inn Brewing Co out of Banyo: Consequences Pale Lager. First off – All Inn’s label art is totally on point! If I owned a brewery I would definitely have artwork like this on my cans: bright, colourful, line-drawn, comic-book art. Wow, love it. These cans stand out and say “drink me Doc!”. “Yes, yes, I will, one at a time please”. Already I’m super keen to crack this can open… and the difference between this and the last beer, night and day, All Inn: canned, looks great, Iron Jack: CLEAR bottle (because UV light isn’t a problem at all folks), shit marketing. Look, I’m going to call it now: All Inn Consequences is the winner tonight.

Poured from a 375ml can into a nonic pint, scrubbed the shaker pint with detergent.

A: Even looks different from the last two – no copy/paste here – with a slight hazed pale straw body and a billowy white sea foam head that leaves a decent amount of lace inside the glass, looking sexy mama. 8/10.

S: Aroma is intriguing, starts out with a lemony/cider apple Kölsch kombo before moving on to bread hints, a dry cracker malt base (and I mean Dry with a capital ‘D’), then it takes a turn towards a slight grainy sweetness and a hint of honey in the finish. Can’t smell anything chemical – this is a Lager made with care (take note Lion-Nathan!). 8/10.

T: Flavour profile is the above flavours: lemon, cider apple, bread hints, long dry cracker centre, with grainy/light honey hints towards the finish. Finishes quite dry, if Hawkeye had quit martinis and wanted a dry Lager he probably would have considered this beer because man it is DRY. Obviously this is one of All Inn’s least exciting beers but it still runs rings around Iron Jack for flavour (and everything else). I only dropped a point back because it needs a touch more character (I get that it’s a dry beer and all, ergo less character, but still that’s where I’m at). 7/10.

M: Mouthfeel is pretty decent, mid to light bodied, with a bit of chewiness and a light but dense enough carbonation. 8/10.

D: This is an easy Lager to like – it’s dry but it’s got a bit of flavour, it’s light but dense, aroma is interesting and not just “the same old thing”. In fact I could see myself buying this again, possibly a case of (in summer). Overall in the pursuit of Senso (Japanese for ‘dry’) All Inn have missed an opportunity for greatness and produced a brew with plenty of decentness. 8/10.

Food match: This is a Lager that is just at home with steak and chips as pulled pork.