Light Eh
Kingsville Brewery

 

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Poured from a can into a glass

Appearance – The beer pours a clear straw color with a one finger head of puffy white foam. The head has a decent level of retention, fading to leave a little bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is rather light overall, with notes of a bready and light grain aroma mixed with smells of caramel.

Taste – The taste is mainly of a bready malt flavor mixed with a moderate amount of caramel sweetness. Along with these flavors comes a bit of grain and a touch of floral and herbal hop. These flavors are fairly consistent throughout the taste, being joined by a little bit of hay at the very end of the flavor transition.

Mouthfeel – The body is light to medium in thickness with a carbonation level that is high.

Overall – A rather easy drinking and flavorful, lower abv. lager. A good more session style brew.

 

473 mL can from Metro; dated Dec 8 2021 and served slightly chilled.

Pours a foggy blonde-yellow colour, producing nearly an inch of foamy, soapy, sparkling white head that fades gradually over the course of several minutes. A generous cap of creamy suds lingers on, encircling a filmy cap; good lace deposition, too - this is a very attractive light beer. Clean aroma of grains and bready malts - nothing exciting, but appropriate for the style.

The flavour profile isn't much different - grain husks & doughy bread, with hints of lemon rind & grassy hops towards the back end. Finishes just a little sweet, with more grain husk in the aftertaste. Light in body, with assertive carbonation that retains its spritz right down to the last gulp; feels crisp and pleasing in the mouth.

Final Grade: 3.74, a B grade. My views on light beer are as such: if it's not too watery/bland, and could possibly be mistaken for a standard American lager, I'm pretty much satisfied. The brewer can spruce things up with all-malt recipes or hops (neither of which really apply here), but if they can make it flavourful enough to trick me into thinking I'm not drinking light beer, they've already won.

Kingsville's Light Eh! is well above average for this type of lager, outpacing the macros by a few strides at the very least. No, I wouldn't say it's worth writing home about, but since I always grade to style (and make no mistake, this is an objectively good light lager), it's still worthy of a respectable grade. Of course, that doesn't mean I plan on drinking it again any time soon... but if you're in the market for a light lager, then keep an eye out for this one.

I bought a can today at the LCBO in Ontario 473ml at 4%.
Poured into glass with a 2finger head
Nice head leaving a lace all around as you drink it.
Good carbonation a little hazy not much yellowish gold color.
Taste is light sweet and refreshing Also enjoyable to drink.
Overall a good light lager beer feels like.its a little heavier more body maybe 4.7%
Cheers

 

Pours a pale straw colour with a small head that disappears quickly. The smell is slightly metallic with a bit of cracker in the background. The taste is quite nice for a light lager, you can tell it’s actually beer and not beer flavoured water.
Feb 19 2023

Had in on tap. Nice and refreshing, didn't hold up against the rest of my flight or the wood oven pizza I had. However, it was delicious and I would love to drink a few with friends.

Had in also from a can from the LCBO, still tasty and refreshing.