Alemania
City Built Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

16 ounce can into lager glass, canned in 6/2019. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy pale golden straw color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lemon, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of corn, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and pale malt/grains and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big lemon, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of corn, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, corn, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale malt/grains and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity corn/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.3%. Overall this is an excellent Mexican style lager. All around great robustness and balance of pale malt/grains and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great clean pils malt/grain showcase, with nice noble hop presence/balance for the style. Mild residual sweetness with crisp drying. No overdone on adjuncts. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. No complaints.

Light, easy to drink, definitely refreshing and crisp. Sampled this one on tap at City Built. Looks nice and clear golden, a little white lingering head and spotty lingering lacing. Smells mainly of corn, grain and malt. Tastes similarly - reminds me a little of a Corona, only much more refined and without the need to mask the flavors with a lime slice. Very crisp and flavorful and light. Mild thin mouthfeel with decent carbonation that fades as the beer warms. Refreshing as all hell. Nicely done!