Lager
Free State Brewing Co.
- From:
- Free State Brewing Co.
- Kansas, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #434 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #27,584 - Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 19, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 22, 2019
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
A fixture of local watering holes since the repeal of prohibition, this style of easy drinking lager gets an upgrade with an all-malt grist and a hint of hop character from citrusy Comet hops and German Saphir hops. Clean, crisp, and crushable.
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Ratings by whynot44:
Reviewed by whynot44 from Missouri
3.83/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Clear light golden color with a decent and lasting white head.
The aroma is crackers and hay.
The taste is crackers with a hint of lemon, lightly sweet. The finish is somewhat dry with herbal and citrus notes.
The body is light, good carbonation, smooth and very drinkable. Altogether, this is a pretty decent pilsner style lager, tasty and refreshing, should go well with most food, great for backyard barbecue or other warm weather activities, well done.
Nov 24, 2025The aroma is crackers and hay.
The taste is crackers with a hint of lemon, lightly sweet. The finish is somewhat dry with herbal and citrus notes.
The body is light, good carbonation, smooth and very drinkable. Altogether, this is a pretty decent pilsner style lager, tasty and refreshing, should go well with most food, great for backyard barbecue or other warm weather activities, well done.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by blueshawk69 from Kansas
3.25/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
(review from December 2018) Extremely delicate & light lager with just enough palate heft to satisfy. Best appreciated on a hot summer day. Goes down fast!
Dec 19, 2025
Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
4.46/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Free State Lager has a clear, bubbly, golden appearance, with some fine particulate matter and lots of sheet lacing. The aroma is of cracker and grass. The flavor is of some biscuit, some sweetness, and a touch of hop bitterness. Free State Lager is medium bodied, with a creamy mouthfeel. It has a mostly-dry finish.
RJT
Feb 03, 2021RJT
Reviewed by Mark-Leggett from Missouri
3.97/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Golden with a white head. Aroma of malt with a slight sweet smell. This pilsner is crisp and light and has a little bit more of a sweet or honey flavor than most. Good
Jul 22, 2019
Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri
4.13/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a translucent golden-straw with a finger of white foam. Head retention is good. Aroma is pilsner, crackery, wafery malts, dry spicy and herbal hops with the distant smell of freshly stacked hay. There is a dash of citrus, as if the thin strip of orange peel was rung out over the nose. Flavor profile is crackery, bready, biscuity malts for a doughy base. A little yeast smooths and sweetens, with hops closing it out. Hops are lightly spicy and citrusy. It's mild, but with a pleasant subtle twang. Mouth feel is lightly crisp, with the yeast softening the edges. It has a medium-thin consistency. Overall, subtle, but dynamic, all within a refreshing package. Well crafted lager for enjoying slowly or quickly in quantity.
Served in a 15.5oz Spiegalau tulip from a 12oz can.
Apr 22, 2019Served in a 15.5oz Spiegalau tulip from a 12oz can.
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