Constitution
Mainstay Independent
- From:
- Mainstay Independent
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 9.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 20, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.19/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Mainstay Independent "Constitution"
16 fl. oz. can "CANNED010721 #99 10:50"
Notes via stream of consciousness: So this is a copper lager? That's what the label says. I was expecting it to be golden but whatever, let's see. Yep, it's a slightly hazy, deep amber, just-becoming-copper color. The head is a short cap of off-white. I hope my glass isn't dirty as I can see a good amount of bubbles rising but the head just isn't holding. The aroma is great. It has a really rich, grainy note to it. It smells like an open bag of malt. There's some caramel to it as well, and a little bit of apple-like fruitiness. They must be going for a more mainstream beer here, or even a Yuengling Lager competitor, as I don't really get many hops. They're there, yes, but they're in the background and not clear as to what they are. On to the taste... there are more hops in there: grassy, spicy, floral, and herbal. These are definitely German noble hops, and based on the spiciness and floral character I'm guessing Saaz and Hallertauer Mittelfrueh at least. The caramel character remains, and it's moderate to median. It's grainy, bready, caramelish, and also somewhat honeyish. The balance between the level of graininess and the level of hop flavor is pretty perfect so now I'm going to retract what I said about the Yuengling Lager; this has too much hop flavor to be a competitor to Yuengling Lager. Yuengling drinkers couldn't handle this. In fact, I don't really even see it as a very mainstream beer either unless you would consider a Vienna lager mainstream. I was totally wrong and now see that there aren't more hops in the aroma simply because that's what they were going for, and given that it has that beautiful grainy character I can see why they wouldn't want to mess with that. It's got a firm bitterness, and it finishes dry with just a dollop of sweet malt that fades readily leaving the floral, spicy, and grassy hops lingering. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp. The head didn't hold up that well, and it's only left some spotty lacing behind but I am questioning the cleanliness of my glass so I'm going to give it a pass there. In the end I'm quite impressed with this beer and I'm going to seek out more.
Review #7,818
Mar 20, 202216 fl. oz. can "CANNED010721 #99 10:50"
Notes via stream of consciousness: So this is a copper lager? That's what the label says. I was expecting it to be golden but whatever, let's see. Yep, it's a slightly hazy, deep amber, just-becoming-copper color. The head is a short cap of off-white. I hope my glass isn't dirty as I can see a good amount of bubbles rising but the head just isn't holding. The aroma is great. It has a really rich, grainy note to it. It smells like an open bag of malt. There's some caramel to it as well, and a little bit of apple-like fruitiness. They must be going for a more mainstream beer here, or even a Yuengling Lager competitor, as I don't really get many hops. They're there, yes, but they're in the background and not clear as to what they are. On to the taste... there are more hops in there: grassy, spicy, floral, and herbal. These are definitely German noble hops, and based on the spiciness and floral character I'm guessing Saaz and Hallertauer Mittelfrueh at least. The caramel character remains, and it's moderate to median. It's grainy, bready, caramelish, and also somewhat honeyish. The balance between the level of graininess and the level of hop flavor is pretty perfect so now I'm going to retract what I said about the Yuengling Lager; this has too much hop flavor to be a competitor to Yuengling Lager. Yuengling drinkers couldn't handle this. In fact, I don't really even see it as a very mainstream beer either unless you would consider a Vienna lager mainstream. I was totally wrong and now see that there aren't more hops in the aroma simply because that's what they were going for, and given that it has that beautiful grainy character I can see why they wouldn't want to mess with that. It's got a firm bitterness, and it finishes dry with just a dollop of sweet malt that fades readily leaving the floral, spicy, and grassy hops lingering. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp. The head didn't hold up that well, and it's only left some spotty lacing behind but I am questioning the cleanliness of my glass so I'm going to give it a pass there. In the end I'm quite impressed with this beer and I'm going to seek out more.
Review #7,818
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