L3 (Lexington Lake Lager)
Goose and the Monkey Brew House

On tap at the brewery into pint glass. Pours hazy pale golden straw color with a small white head with great retention, spotty lacing, and streaming carbonation on the glass. Aromas of corn, cracker grain, herbal hops, and fruit. Taste of cracker grain, corn, herbal, grass, wood, pepper, pine. Medium pine, herbal, woody bitter finish. Medium carb and light-med body. Very crisp clean refreshing finish. Balanced grainy malt and sticky hop mouthfeel. Nearly bone dry finish. Clean lager flavors. Great for an adjunct lager style.

A: Pours a crystal clear pale bright yellow in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and moderate pale golden yellow + straw yellow colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall sudsy foamy bright white head that reduces to a large patch of medium thick film covering approximately 75% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of mottled very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Minimal amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Light to moderate aromas of pale + bready + grainy malts with light amounts of corn-like adjunct + grainy sweetness. Light aromas of lager yeast. Hints of grassy hops.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of pale + bready + grainy malts with light amounts of corn-like adjunct + grainy sweetness. That is followed by light flavors of lager yeast. Finally there are hints of grassy hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away quickly leaving a clean finish.

M: Light bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp with a clean finish though a touch thin/watery.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a crisp light + clean mouthfeel. Very light flavors + aromas, certainly non-offensive but not a beer I would seek out again.

 

Appearance: Pours a pale yellow body, a tad hazy with a fizzly, thinning, white head.

Smell: Pretty meager aroma, just the merest neutral barley accent, maybe a far-off hint of yeast.

Taste: Very mild, middling taste of white loaf (san crust) barley and a touch of sweetness and grain. Near nil hop character, maybe the faintest flourish of dried herb. Finishes thin, lightly crisp.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Mouthfeel is a bit thin.

Overall: It's alright for what it is.