The Veteran
Veteran Beer Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Served in an Ohio State shaker pint glass.

I met this guy once before in human form. Weird bus ride... Anyway, this stuff pours a clear pale sunrise amber-brass topped by a finger or so of lightly dirty white foam. The nose comprises dry caramel malts (right out o' the bag), light green apple, hard water, and a kiss of corn. The taste brings in more of the same, the apples and hard water fighting a bloody battle for distant second fiddle, much to everyone's dismay. The body is a hefty light, with a light moderate carbonation and a wet feel. Overall, I don't really know what to think of this. It's too dark and "flavorful" (in today's television commercial parlance) to work as a crafty-seeming replacement for adjunct lagers, and it's too bland and unassuming to work for much of the craft crowd. I don't see myself drinking this again, regardless, though not because it's awful. I kinda nothing this...