Pavona
Lamplighter Brewing Company

Clear golden color. Moderate head that settles to film and provides an initial ring of lace. A few minor spots thereafter.

Mildly toasted pale malt aroma. There’s a nice floral hop balance present. Some corn. Very clean smell.

Hoppier than the smell suggests (for the style as well). The malt holds up creating a balanced finish with the bitterness lingering in the aftertaste. Richer than most Vienna styled lagers, but the carbonation matches this. Dry finish.

decent take on an italian pils here, but perhaps the most pedestrian of the handful of lamplighter beers i had in a recent session with new friends, not a bad one, just somewhat unremarkable and maybe a little less dialed in than some of their others. its pretty clear, a half shade darker than expected but not yet into that malty looking color range, a good head on it from the can with fine retention. the aroma here is nutty and toasted, a little more from the grain than a lot of these have, could be some actual italian malt here, it has that deeply earthy heft about it, but it could also be a bit of honey or light crystal malt adding that, and it smells well hopped but not unique in any way there, just sort of more hoppy than a normal pils, not green or anything, with some bitterness, generic citrus, and not amazingly fresh to me either. the flavor is balanced, and this is as robustly flavored and as hoppy as an italian pils should be, malt forward most of the way with the bittering hops coming on late and an almost neutral lager yeast that should maybe have dried this out and crisped it up a little bit more, its not quite in that refreshing range where i want the style to be most of the time. i like how flavorful the grain is though, the hops support it well, and its uniquely earthy and deep as this kind of thing goes. great carbonation lightens it a little, an herbal intensity to the hops comes out as it warms, and a light vinous, almost champagne note arises at the end too, a yeast thing. overall a solid lager, a little less refined than i was hoping for, but drinkable and good.