Light
Faubourg Brewing Company
- From:
- Faubourg Brewing Company
- Louisiana, United States
- Style:
- Light Lager
- ABV:
- 3.8%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 2.92 | pDev: 23.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 02, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
76
Okay
76
Okay
Dixie Light delivers the full-flavor and satisfaction of an American lager with just a fraction of the calories and carbohydrates you might expect. Have a sip and see for yourself how great our Dixie Light tastes.
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Reviewed by Stephen_Jaivie
2.57/5 rDev -12%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.57/5 rDev -12%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Appearance: Clear light golden color with a little bit of head that settles quickly.
Smell: A trace of malt and sweetness. A faint smell of bread, almost like a sourdough or multi grain bread. Hard to place much else. Not an especially strong aroma.
Taste: Slightly malty. A bit watery, but with a little more going on that the much more mass produced light beers, such as Bud Light or Coors Light. Aftertaste is a tad bitter or almost trace sourness. It's not so bad as you're drinking it, but after about ten seconds you're left with a taste in your mouth that just isn't pleasing.
Describe any malt, hops, fermentation byproducts, balance, finish or aftertaste and other flavor characteristics. Otherwise seems moderately well balanced for a light beer. Hops seemed lacking.
Mouthfeel: Nothing much here. Not much body, quite light actually. The carbonation is certainly on the low end of the scale. No creamy body or warmth. There's a bit more here than just beer flavored water.... but not much.
Overall: My expectations were low, as I find most light beers unappealing. It's better than half of light beers I've tried, but not as good as 95% of regular beers. It's not so bad to just quench your thirst on a hot Louisiana day, or to was down a pizza slice. It's not a beer to sip and enjoy. Just chug it down and be done with it is best.
Jun 10, 2021Smell: A trace of malt and sweetness. A faint smell of bread, almost like a sourdough or multi grain bread. Hard to place much else. Not an especially strong aroma.
Taste: Slightly malty. A bit watery, but with a little more going on that the much more mass produced light beers, such as Bud Light or Coors Light. Aftertaste is a tad bitter or almost trace sourness. It's not so bad as you're drinking it, but after about ten seconds you're left with a taste in your mouth that just isn't pleasing.
Describe any malt, hops, fermentation byproducts, balance, finish or aftertaste and other flavor characteristics. Otherwise seems moderately well balanced for a light beer. Hops seemed lacking.
Mouthfeel: Nothing much here. Not much body, quite light actually. The carbonation is certainly on the low end of the scale. No creamy body or warmth. There's a bit more here than just beer flavored water.... but not much.
Overall: My expectations were low, as I find most light beers unappealing. It's better than half of light beers I've tried, but not as good as 95% of regular beers. It's not so bad to just quench your thirst on a hot Louisiana day, or to was down a pizza slice. It's not a beer to sip and enjoy. Just chug it down and be done with it is best.
Rated by Hallbrauhaus from Mississippi
3.36/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.36/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Another Dixie product that you need to judge for what it is. And it beats the $hit out of Bud Light, Miller lite and Coors light.
May 31, 2021
Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
4.46/5 rDev +52.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +52.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Dixie Light Lager has a thick, white head, a pale bubbly appearance with no lacing. In the aroma, one gets a light pungency, with grains. There is a thin, bready flavor. And, a thin body. Dixie Light Lager has a crisp finish.
RJT
Jun 16, 2020RJT
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.98/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.98/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
$1.59 a 12 fl oz bottle at a Rouses Market in New Orleans.
3.8% ABV.
Grassy and grainy, hitting on cereal grains, 6-row barley, and little else - I guess a dash of caramel malt towards the climax, but that's it. Ester-free and clean drinking with no off-flavours. Well attenuated for a lighter lager, and not too sweet or syrupy nor too thin or watery...that's more than can be said about many attempts at the style.
There's no doubt it has more character than your run of the mill American macro (Bud Light, Natural Light, et al.) and it's certainly a drinkable beer, albeit a simplistic and shallow one, but it won't dazzle discerning drinkers and I wouldn't pick it up at its regular $7.99 per sixer pricetag here in its home state (I've also seen it sold in Austin, TX). A scratch-your-itch light lager with a bit more depth of flavour than most of its competitors but there's not much going for it elsewise.
High C (2.98) / AVERAGE
Aug 08, 20193.8% ABV.
Grassy and grainy, hitting on cereal grains, 6-row barley, and little else - I guess a dash of caramel malt towards the climax, but that's it. Ester-free and clean drinking with no off-flavours. Well attenuated for a lighter lager, and not too sweet or syrupy nor too thin or watery...that's more than can be said about many attempts at the style.
There's no doubt it has more character than your run of the mill American macro (Bud Light, Natural Light, et al.) and it's certainly a drinkable beer, albeit a simplistic and shallow one, but it won't dazzle discerning drinkers and I wouldn't pick it up at its regular $7.99 per sixer pricetag here in its home state (I've also seen it sold in Austin, TX). A scratch-your-itch light lager with a bit more depth of flavour than most of its competitors but there's not much going for it elsewise.
High C (2.98) / AVERAGE
Reviewed by Kegatron from Pennsylvania
2.61/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.61/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12 oz bottle into a pint glass. Thanks to deepsouth for the extra.
Pours a clear medium gold with a finger of fizzy brite-white head. Peters out pretty quickly, leaving behind just a bit of retention around the edges and lacing. The aroma is an intial blast of bready malt sweetness, citrus, and then...well... not much else.
The taste is some light notes of sweetness and citrus with a just a tingle of a hop profile in the finish. Mouthfeel has a lighter medium body with an overall fairly crisp carbonation.
Not much too this guy. A bit more flavor and definitely more of an aroma would have been welcome. Decent body though, even if it was on the lighter side, helped keep this moderately drinkable.
Jul 23, 2008Pours a clear medium gold with a finger of fizzy brite-white head. Peters out pretty quickly, leaving behind just a bit of retention around the edges and lacing. The aroma is an intial blast of bready malt sweetness, citrus, and then...well... not much else.
The taste is some light notes of sweetness and citrus with a just a tingle of a hop profile in the finish. Mouthfeel has a lighter medium body with an overall fairly crisp carbonation.
Not much too this guy. A bit more flavor and definitely more of an aroma would have been welcome. Decent body though, even if it was on the lighter side, helped keep this moderately drinkable.
Reviewed by Denali from Colorado
2.03/5 rDev -30.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.03/5 rDev -30.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Package: 12-ounce bottle. White label with silver trim, “DIXIE” in blue letters, “LIGHT” in silver letters. Unknown vintage.
Presentation: Pint glass.
Appearance: Light gold color with thick white head that dissipated quickly but what remained laced rather well for the first few minutes. Unfortunately the head faded away entirely, leaving the ugly liquid with nowhere to hide.
Smell: For the first few minutes there was a sweet aroma but also what seemed to be an alcohol aroma, which is odd considering that this is a light beer. After a few minutes, only a bad musty and medicinal smell remained. As it warmed up the aroma became downright awful.
Taste: Rice-like grain flavor up front. Medicinal and alcohol flavor comes next. Bitter taste then follows. Aftertaste is sweet and bitter.
Mouthfeel: Extremely thin (well it’s a light beer) with a dry finish.
Drinkability: Not very drinkable - too much alcohol presence with not enough flavor to complement it.
Comments: Looked and smelled a lot better for the first few minutes. Afterwards, the appearance and smell were not good. Taste isn’t great, but not as terrible as it looks and smells. Not as bad as some other light beers I’ve had, but I wouldn’t have it again. Thanks to schoolteacher and biruchan for the lesson. It was indeed a learning experience.
Apr 02, 2003Presentation: Pint glass.
Appearance: Light gold color with thick white head that dissipated quickly but what remained laced rather well for the first few minutes. Unfortunately the head faded away entirely, leaving the ugly liquid with nowhere to hide.
Smell: For the first few minutes there was a sweet aroma but also what seemed to be an alcohol aroma, which is odd considering that this is a light beer. After a few minutes, only a bad musty and medicinal smell remained. As it warmed up the aroma became downright awful.
Taste: Rice-like grain flavor up front. Medicinal and alcohol flavor comes next. Bitter taste then follows. Aftertaste is sweet and bitter.
Mouthfeel: Extremely thin (well it’s a light beer) with a dry finish.
Drinkability: Not very drinkable - too much alcohol presence with not enough flavor to complement it.
Comments: Looked and smelled a lot better for the first few minutes. Afterwards, the appearance and smell were not good. Taste isn’t great, but not as terrible as it looks and smells. Not as bad as some other light beers I’ve had, but I wouldn’t have it again. Thanks to schoolteacher and biruchan for the lesson. It was indeed a learning experience.
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