Frio!
Fort Garry Brewing Company Ltd.

This is a gluten free light lager contract brewed by Fort Garry for F. James Specialty Beverage Co. They claim it's a beer for celiacs that actually tastes like beer.

Loose spongy white head on the pour, it dissipates quickly. The body is a transparent deep gold in colour.

It, er, smells like yogurt at first, blueberry yogurt to be exact. I'm picking up on grasses and still that sweet yet sour character. It's not "bad" per se, just a little off-putting, at least there are no funky off aromas.

I'm tasting some degree of buckwheat, and even some rice in here, also a faint floral sweetness, a bit of a grassy, tart finish, mildly grainy tart aftertaste. And yet also that underlying "other" flavour, akin to the yogurt aroma, although something I can't quite pinpoint and define. Actually it hit me, it's pear, a very pear-like underlying flavour throughout. I was actually going to state that it gets a dry apple cider-like character as it warms, but perry would definitely describe it better.

Mouthfeel is light with pin prick carbonation throughout.

Well, certainly more flavourful than a Coors Light, and an okay substitute for the celiacs in the crowd, although I'm gonna pass on this one next time since I'm still able to consume barley-based beers. Oh, and they lied about this actually tasting like traditional lager, it's far closer to dry cider or perry if anything.