Wrexham Lager
Wrexham Lager
- From:
- Wrexham Lager
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #70 - ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #37,256 - Avg:
- 3.41 | pDev: 12.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 31
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 27, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 22, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
It’s true, Wrexham Lager is back. Since the sad day that it closed in 2000, we know that a lot of people have missed the original great taste of Wrexham Lager and now after 10 years absence that great taste is back.
Brewed in a brand-new micro-brewery in Wrexham, brewing the lager using the original recipe and the same ingredients combined with modern machinery to deliver Wrexham Lager as it was best loved and brewed over 100 years ago.
Brewed as the popular 4% draught lager, also brewed to Export Strength in small pack.
Contract brewed by Destihl Brewery in Illinois for the USA market.
Brewed in a brand-new micro-brewery in Wrexham, brewing the lager using the original recipe and the same ingredients combined with modern machinery to deliver Wrexham Lager as it was best loved and brewed over 100 years ago.
Brewed as the popular 4% draught lager, also brewed to Export Strength in small pack.
Contract brewed by Destihl Brewery in Illinois for the USA market.
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Reviewed by woemad from Washington
2.98/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.98/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
16oz tallboy can purchased at Total Wine, in Spokane Valley, WA, for $3.99. Purchased purely because I've never seen a beer from Wales before. Canned on November 25, 2025, so not ideally fresh, but probably not too big a worry given the style.
Not going to exhaustively review this. It's a basic golden Euro lager with a large and quickly vanishing bone-white head. Smells sweet and grainy, tastes similar, and has a very soft, rather flabby mouth feel. It is decidedly bland and inoffensive and has no real value beyond it's novelty of being brewed in Wales (and even then not really; fine print reveals it was contract brewed by Destihl in Normal, IL) by a company owned by Rob McIlhenny and Ryan Reynolds.
May 27, 2026Not going to exhaustively review this. It's a basic golden Euro lager with a large and quickly vanishing bone-white head. Smells sweet and grainy, tastes similar, and has a very soft, rather flabby mouth feel. It is decidedly bland and inoffensive and has no real value beyond it's novelty of being brewed in Wales (and even then not really; fine print reveals it was contract brewed by Destihl in Normal, IL) by a company owned by Rob McIlhenny and Ryan Reynolds.
Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio
3.46/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16 ounce can, canned on 11/20/2025, USA Destihl brewed version. Served in a Teku glass, the beer pours a mostly clear gold color with about an inch off-white head that stuck around a little while. Decent amount of lacing. Not much to the aroma, the brew smells mostly like grainy malt, along with some green apple and lemon. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, but there's also some earthy hops noticeable too, and there seems to be a little more of an overall flavor kick. Mouthfeel/body is light, it's smooth and easy to drink with a good amount of carbonation. Overall I thought this was OK. Wouldn't mind trying it again in the future and worth a try if you come across some.
May 08, 2026
Reviewed by jarmby1711 from Australia
2.48/5 rDev -27.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.48/5 rDev -27.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
This was the Australian version of Wrexham Lager, brewed under licence
I ambitiously purchased a slab thinking it was brewed in Wales( which by the way I have never tried)
International beers brewed under licence to my taste buds are invariably insipid and lack any depth of flavour
I liken them to a beer cordial
Apr 27, 2026I ambitiously purchased a slab thinking it was brewed in Wales( which by the way I have never tried)
International beers brewed under licence to my taste buds are invariably insipid and lack any depth of flavour
I liken them to a beer cordial
Reviewed by 2beerdogs from California
3.39/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Started off pretty enough, pale gold with a slight fluff of white that seemed to try to coalesce into a head but quickly surrendered. No retention.
Nose has a light melange of apple, tea leaves, light lemon and a pleasant mildly sweet grain note.
The flavor is a mild ride overall. Timidly malt forward and again some apple, very subtle lemon, and some earthy notes.
Mouthfeel is on the lighter side, carbonation too.
Overall, I could hit a few of these on a warm day but probably wouldn't cross a busy street to get one.
Mar 31, 2026Nose has a light melange of apple, tea leaves, light lemon and a pleasant mildly sweet grain note.
The flavor is a mild ride overall. Timidly malt forward and again some apple, very subtle lemon, and some earthy notes.
Mouthfeel is on the lighter side, carbonation too.
Overall, I could hit a few of these on a warm day but probably wouldn't cross a busy street to get one.
Reviewed by scott451 from Canada (ON)
3.53/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured a 500ml can into a pint glass. A two finger fine white head on a clear pale gold. The head soon diminished to a thin layer.
Grain and floral hops in the nose. A bit thin in the flavour department. Malts up front with a very mild hop finish.
Medium body and carbonation. Smooth and well balanced. Overall smooth and drinkable but unremarkable.
Mar 05, 2026Grain and floral hops in the nose. A bit thin in the flavour department. Malts up front with a very mild hop finish.
Medium body and carbonation. Smooth and well balanced. Overall smooth and drinkable but unremarkable.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.32/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.32/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Little 330ml brown bottle liberated from the works Christmas party on the upgraded bar at another firms do and swapped for one the unlimited Becks silver bottles on outs
Pours a clear lemon jello coloured beer dy with good white head
Aroma is sweet malt
Flavour is tapioca and a swift bitter finish
Jan 18, 2026Pours a clear lemon jello coloured beer dy with good white head
Aroma is sweet malt
Flavour is tapioca and a swift bitter finish
Reviewed by blueshawk69 from Kansas
3.5/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
(review from November 2024) Tasty, well balanced lager with good mouthfeel; a bready/cereal/malty/slightly grainyish flavor and a clean, crisp, quick-fading backend. Very quaffable and refreshing. Label sez brewed & canned by Destihl Brewery, Normal, IL. ?
Jan 06, 2026
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.42/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
16oz can, painted label. Bottom stamp is 'Canned on 11/15/24'. Label has this information: "Brewed and Canned by: Destihl Brewery, Normal, IL USA".
Mostly clear, straw colored body. Two fingers of white colored, frothy head with the pour, and this retreats to a thin cap and higher ring. Leaves behind scattered lacing spots.
Aroma of bready malts and apple.
Taste is toasted bready malts, which are sweet. Other flavors of apple and a little lemon. More earthy in the aftertaste, but without a long duration of lingering flavors.
Medium mouthfeel. Low bitterness. Clean finish. Good carbonation.
Easy drinker for session work.
Dec 05, 2025Mostly clear, straw colored body. Two fingers of white colored, frothy head with the pour, and this retreats to a thin cap and higher ring. Leaves behind scattered lacing spots.
Aroma of bready malts and apple.
Taste is toasted bready malts, which are sweet. Other flavors of apple and a little lemon. More earthy in the aftertaste, but without a long duration of lingering flavors.
Medium mouthfeel. Low bitterness. Clean finish. Good carbonation.
Easy drinker for session work.
Reviewed by AlCaponeJunior from Texas
3.99/5 rDev +17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I grabbed four of these thinking it would be a Mexican lager, but got this instead. No worries, I thought it was pretty good. Very drinkable, tastes good, refreshing, good blend of malty body and lightly hoppy. Certainly worth a try.
Nov 18, 2025
Reviewed by mvanaskie13 from Pennsylvania
3.47/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a wide mouth, grip shaped goblet: color is straw gold, slight chill haze but clear, head is off white and presents one finger thick but dissipates very quickly to nothing.
Smell is light sweet malt, corn, adjunct, mild earthy hops.
Taste is similar with adjunct malt and lighter sweetness, mild hops, cereal.
Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, moderate sweetness, low/moderate bitterness.
Overall a fuller flavored pale lager with notable adjunct character and hop notes.
Nov 10, 2025Smell is light sweet malt, corn, adjunct, mild earthy hops.
Taste is similar with adjunct malt and lighter sweetness, mild hops, cereal.
Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, moderate sweetness, low/moderate bitterness.
Overall a fuller flavored pale lager with notable adjunct character and hop notes.
Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky
3.58/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4-pack from my trusted liquor store
Nov 06, 2025
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