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Common Roots Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

A: Pours a very lightly hazy pale yellow in color with moderate to heavy amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and moderate lemon yellow + straw yellow colored highlights. The beer has a two finger tall dense sudsy foamy bright white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of bready + doughy malts with a hint of grainy + honey sweetness and light to moderate aromas of grassy hops.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of bready + doughy malts with a hint of grainy + honey sweetness. That is followed by light to moderate flavors of grassy hops which impart a light amount of lingering bitterness.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly crisp upfront.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and definitely sessionable. Enjoyable with a little more grassiness to the hop flavors/aromas and not quite as bready as some other examples of the style.

 

 

 

A: The beer is clear light yellow in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that quickly died down and left only a thin ring of bubbles around the edges of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of grassy hops are present in the nose along with notes of bready malts.
T: The taste follows the smell, having flavors of grassy hops along with notes of bready malts and slight bits of honey.
M: It feels just about medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I liked the grassy flavors of this pilsener as it didn't seem as malty compared to other beers in the style.

Serving type: can

16 oz can into pilsner glass, $3. Decent color but disappointing head that evaporated quickly. Nothing special about the smell other than to say it smells like beer, maybe with a hint of citrus? Taste is a typical pilsner with hints of honey and Apple. The disappointing part for me was how dry it was, almost like a super dry cider. Overall, it just wasn't good enough to justify the extra $ from a mass produced light beer.