Alexander Keith's Light Ale
Alexander Keith's
- From:
- Alexander Keith's
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3 | pDev: 28.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 12
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 17, 2002
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
75
Okay
75
Okay
No description / notes.
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Rated by Deda13 from Canada (NS)
5/5 rDev +66.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +66.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My favourite light beer, easy drinking light taste.
Aug 30, 2019
Rated by mdfb79 from New York
3.79/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Not too bad. Easy to drink and some nice flavor to it.
Jun 16, 2017
Reviewed by JobiWanKenob from Canada (QC)
3.47/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.47/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A very good light beer, several steps above your average mass-produced light beer. If it were readily available where i live i would purchase it regularly.
Apr 04, 2015
Reviewed by andrenaline from Canada (ON)
2.47/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
2.47/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
This was left-over from a party, and was part of their holiday mixer pack.
A - Pours a pale golden straw colour, thin layer of head with no retention or lacing.
S - Musty bread, grassy notes and sweet corn.
T - Again, the bready notes dominate, followed by the leafy and grassy notes, they're too mild to be labelled hop notes though. Sweet corn lingers on the palette.
M - Appears thin, but fills up on the tongue and finishes wet. Probably the only thing this beer has going for it.
O - A poor excuse for an APA, though a touch better than Coors Light or the like. I would never buy this on my own, unless all other avenues have been exhausted.
Dec 27, 2011A - Pours a pale golden straw colour, thin layer of head with no retention or lacing.
S - Musty bread, grassy notes and sweet corn.
T - Again, the bready notes dominate, followed by the leafy and grassy notes, they're too mild to be labelled hop notes though. Sweet corn lingers on the palette.
M - Appears thin, but fills up on the tongue and finishes wet. Probably the only thing this beer has going for it.
O - A poor excuse for an APA, though a touch better than Coors Light or the like. I would never buy this on my own, unless all other avenues have been exhausted.
Reviewed by Seanont from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
My review is based on the fact it's a light beer and is the Keiths brewed in Canada, a decent beer for tossing back 6 or more, much better then drinking Bud light or Coors light.
For a light beer it has some flavor and is easy drinking. Claims to be a ale but I find it some between an Ale and a lager.
Over all a decent light beer.
Nov 21, 2011For a light beer it has some flavor and is easy drinking. Claims to be a ale but I find it some between an Ale and a lager.
Over all a decent light beer.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
3.1/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.1/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: light gold in color, 1 inch head, high carbonation, clear
Smell: sweet corn and other adjuncts
Taste: sweet corn and other adjuncts
Mouthfeel: high carbonation, light bodied, sweet with light bitterness on the end
Drinkability: This drinks more like a light lager than an APA. If you want a light beer, you could certainly do worse. This one is not half bad if you compare it to others in the light lager style. Take away the style and this is one I would only go to if craving the style though—which would not be often.
Sep 04, 2011Smell: sweet corn and other adjuncts
Taste: sweet corn and other adjuncts
Mouthfeel: high carbonation, light bodied, sweet with light bitterness on the end
Drinkability: This drinks more like a light lager than an APA. If you want a light beer, you could certainly do worse. This one is not half bad if you compare it to others in the light lager style. Take away the style and this is one I would only go to if craving the style though—which would not be often.
Reviewed by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
2.45/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.45/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Draft
Appearance - Clear pale yellow colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. There is a lower than average amount of carbonation and there is a fair amount of lacing. The head lasted for 5 minutes.
Smell – Breads/grains, light hops, light honey
Taste & Mouth - The beer comes across as slightly thin and watery and there is an average amount of carbonation. I can taste breads/grains and corn. There is also a slight amount of hops and a bit of a honey sweetness.
Overall – Not much exciting going on here.. tastes like just about every other light adjunct lager on the market. It wasn't offensive in any way though. Might make a decent beer for an entire day of drinking on a hot summer day..
Jun 21, 2011Appearance - Clear pale yellow colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. There is a lower than average amount of carbonation and there is a fair amount of lacing. The head lasted for 5 minutes.
Smell – Breads/grains, light hops, light honey
Taste & Mouth - The beer comes across as slightly thin and watery and there is an average amount of carbonation. I can taste breads/grains and corn. There is also a slight amount of hops and a bit of a honey sweetness.
Overall – Not much exciting going on here.. tastes like just about every other light adjunct lager on the market. It wasn't offensive in any way though. Might make a decent beer for an entire day of drinking on a hot summer day..
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
1.23/5 rDev -59%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
1.23/5 rDev -59%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
Bottle: Poured a super light yellow color lager with a small bubbly head with no retention. Aroma of lightly sweet malt with typical adjunct notes. Taste is also dominated by lightly sweet adjunct and not much else. Body is extremely light with not much else noticeable. Bad boring and bland like most other light beer.
Dec 06, 2010
Reviewed by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)
1.86/5 rDev -38%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
1.86/5 rDev -38%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
Had a free pint of this beer at a release party (now available in Ontario).
This beer pours a very light brown colour with some visible carbonation and very little head that disappeared quickly.
The nose had next to nothing to offer. If I was blindfolded and didn't know I had a beer in front of me, I likely couldn't have told you what was in the pint glass.
The taste was very bland without no discernible palate. Although "taste" isn't generally expected from a light beer, this was was definitely in the lighter end of the range. A very, very, slight grainy taste.
Mouth feel was ok, not as over-carbonated as Keith's "IPA", which was nice, but that was about the only pleasant thing about this beer. I would not buy this again.
Mar 07, 2010This beer pours a very light brown colour with some visible carbonation and very little head that disappeared quickly.
The nose had next to nothing to offer. If I was blindfolded and didn't know I had a beer in front of me, I likely couldn't have told you what was in the pint glass.
The taste was very bland without no discernible palate. Although "taste" isn't generally expected from a light beer, this was was definitely in the lighter end of the range. A very, very, slight grainy taste.
Mouth feel was ok, not as over-carbonated as Keith's "IPA", which was nice, but that was about the only pleasant thing about this beer. I would not buy this again.
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