Brick Red Baron Light
Waterloo Brewing

341 mL bottle from a six-pack picked up at TBS; bottled Oct. 10 2013. While Brick is not one of my preferred brewers, I've found that their value brands are usually decent for the price (even if they're pretty mediocre in the grand scheme of beerdom). Time for a tick!

Pours the standard pale golden-yellow colour, generating about 1 cm of frothy, bone white head that fizzles away over the next few minutes. A collar of lacing and a thin cap are its final remnants - looks good for a light lager. The aroma is mild and uninteresting - cereal grain, corn husk and some light grassiness are really all I can detect. Basically, it smells like a diluted cheap beer.

Probably not coincidentally, it tastes that way too - though the extra water provides something of an advantage, in that this isn't quite as sickly sweet as Red Baron's non-light equivalent. The flavour is tolerable enough, with notes of corny adjunct, pale grain malts and cardboard providing the bulk of the flavour. There's a slight sourness toward the finish, but it is quickly wiped from the palate. Relatively dry, neutral finish with only some faint corn husk. Light-bodied and watery, with heavy carbonation that gives this lager a strong bite. As easy to throw back as any other light lager.

Final Grade: 2.99, an even C grade. It's no secret that I tend to 'grade to style' - which basically means that I tend to go easier on mundane, uninteresting styles if they have been brewed properly, lack off-flavours, and can generally be seen as appealing to fans of the style. I mean really, why bother reading light beer reviews if you don't even like them? Red Baron Light is fine for what it is, and for that reason I must consider it one of the better light lagers I've had in recent memory. This would do fine to quench your thirst on a hot day, or for washing down snack foods or pizza - and given the price point, it's certainly a better option than the big-name macro light beers. Worth a try if you're a light lager drinker; otherwise there's no real reason to bother.

 

This is a great, light summer brew. It's better, I find, than most standard, Canadian / American macro beers.
Decent budget brew.
Light, refreshing, crisp... It easy drinking and looks great in the glass!
Slight lacing. ( some carbonation movement ) 1/2 finger of head.
A faint amount of hops and malt on the nose. There are some fruit notes, but they're difficult to pick out.
Its a smooth beer and one that's available all the time.
I don't find this to be bitter whatsoever.

For what it is, Red Baron Light can stand up to the macro giants...Coors Light, Busch Light, Canadian light & Bud Light.
Overall - A Great B.B-Q Brew. ( A must with spicy foods! )

Bottle from TBS- Very pale sparkling yellow, with a loud and fizzy bleached white cap, that fades to a thin ring. Nose of faint grassy hops, corn, some lemon? Not really much going on. Taste is faint pale malts, grains, the slightest hoppiness. A bit sweet and vegetal towards the finish with prickly carbonation. Very tame and flavourless beer