Dude Limelite
Pacific Western Brewing Company

Ok, since I'm going to a lager-tasting tonight, I need to prime my palate by drinking something that won't overpower, overshadow, or, you know, be better, than what I'll be tasting. Dude, the bandwagon awaits!

This beer pours a totally clear, light straw colour, with two fingers of blink-and-it's-gone soapy white head. Lace - whereabouts unknown. It smells like lime Lifesavers candy - sweet, acidic, and, well, limey. The taste is white grain, with a lot less fake lime than I was expecting, which is only to say that it detracts less from the lack of anything else going on. The carbonation is a tad high, the body thin, and cloying, the lime-soda likeness becoming readily apparent. It finishes a bit sweet, the lime analogue popping up again.

Nothing much going on past the admittedly tame lime flavouring, to indicate that this is actually a beer - it's actually more like a beer cocktail.

Why am I not surprised that anyone hasn't added this to the database yet? I got a bottle of this off someone else, otherwise I wouldn't have invested in a 12 pack to check it out either.

Appearance is alright, clear straw with a good tight tall white head that recedes fairly quickly.

I can smell this stuff with the glass still sitting next to me, sweet pop aroma. When held to the nose it smells like a shandy, or more closely a cross between Sprite and ginger ale, no actual beer aroma is apparent.

Faint grainy beer flavour up front, spritzy artificial taste in the middle--once again more akin to Sprite than any real lime flavour--with a bland, watery finish. Farther down the glass the flavour conks out completely, just bland and watery, with a sort of light salty aftertaste. Salt!

If it wasn't for the abrasive carbonation there would be no body to this beer whatsoever.

This stuff's a bit of a stinker. The flavour isn't offensive, it just isn't there most of the time, and what is present in the beginning isn't worth the bother. Holy moley this one is a big pass.