Frio Light
City Brewing Company, LLC

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From:
City Brewing Company, LLC
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Light Lager
ABV:
4%
Score:
59
Avg:
2.16 | pDev: 40.74%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
49
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 27, 2021
Added:
May 29, 2013
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  12
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Ratings by Hoganlaw:
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Rated by Hoganlaw from Texas

1.75/5  rDev -19%

Sep 21, 2013
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Rated: 2.77 by Bear1964 from Nebraska

Sep 27, 2021
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Reviewed by BroBobby70 from Texas

2.12/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
12 oz. can poured into Imperial pint class
Look: Light straw color, no head development, no lacing, minimum carbonation
Smell: Malty, nothing else
Taste: Slight sourness, not much malt, feels kinda metallic, expected watered down flavor
Feel: No much mouthfeel, about a half-second of bubble, alcoholic finish
Overall: Nothing stands out about this beer, other than the 75 cents I paid in the discount shelf. Will not get again.
Pair with, well I would suggest foods for a light lager, but since I don't want to drink this I would not pair food with it.
Sep 21, 2021
 
Rated: 3.41 by markallmon from Tennessee

May 30, 2021
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Reviewed by IPAs_for_days_13 from Texas

2.03/5  rDev -6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 1.75
Pours piss pale yellow with a decent two-finger white head that fades from the glass quickly. Smells of hay barn, corn funk, faint sweet grain maltiness. Taste is mainly corn, not a lot of flavor going on since it is a light lager. Light-bodied, high carbonation, smooth, crisp & oh so crushable... If your goal is getting tossed on the frio river, drinking copious amounts of light lager & forgetting where you are; then this beer is most certainly on your menu.
Apr 26, 2021
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Reviewed by gvickery from Texas

1.4/5  rDev -35.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
Looks slightly darker gold than I expected. Not that it’s dark or anything close to it. There’s an unpleasant aroma, like wet cardboard and rotten wood.
The taste is not much better. I can’t really say it’s any worse than the uber popular MU. It has this weird grape koolaide flavor that is not something I want in a beer. It tastes like mineral water and cardboard, there’s no distinct hop or malt profile I can detect. That being said, I’m not planning on drinking them by themselves. I use cheap beers like this to mix micheladas with. It’s actually pretty good for that purpose, otherwise, it’s undrinkable.
Feb 26, 2021
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

2.65/5  rDev +22.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance- The beer pours a straw color with a small white head that fades very fast to leave almost no lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell - The aroma is of a off corny and cardboard smell mixed a little bit of light cracker smell.
Taste-The taste begins with a off light cracker malt and a bit of a cardboard taste that gets stronger as the taste advances. Toward the end of the taste an off metallic taste and some hay comes to the tongue and leaves one with a off taste to linger on the tongue
Mouthfeel- The body of the brew is light and the feel is very light. For the style the feel is good and makes for a quick sipper.
Overall - Ahh.. not too special here..
Dec 24, 2019
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Reviewed by BoiseBoiseBop from Texas

2.95/5  rDev +36.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.75
I've been famialir with this brew since it s inception, being carried e at our local HEB stores here in So. Cntrl. Tx.

When Frio Light first hit the shelves here, I bought a six pack of 16oz. of it, and it was amazing-it tasted like a poor mans Belgain Triple! Not too long after that I bought another 6 pack and it was flat out putrid and undrinkable. They seem to have stabilized the quality control of int to where it is generally a disagreeable pretty poor swill...that said, I really am of the firm opinion that QC , or more precisely the LACK of QC,is integral how this beer may present at any given point in time...I mean, with the more expensive American Adjunct Lagers you get precise consistent product. Case in point, I just bought a 30 pack of this Frio Light and it presented as a interesting AAL akin to a Pabst, or maybe the dregs of the barrels of some very good beer?
All that said, I think , and I am of the opinion that, when the beer travels all the way from where it is brewed in Memphis Tennessee by "Quality Brewers"( that.s what the can says despite being said in the headliner of review page it is made in Wisconsin by " City Brewing") in hot truck (broiling hot actually in the summer), it can and will ruin the beer. Maybe tha's why the stuff I just bought here in December tastes pretty good, in fact, I rate it a solid 3 right now.
Dec 19, 2019
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Reviewed by Ryuga661 from Texas

2.77/5  rDev +28.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
So this is a good cheap beer running about $20 for a 30 in texas. Tastes very similar the Coors Light and is a good going to a party budget buy. I have converted many to drinking this as their daily buy and they have a 6.0 option thats a little stronger but still good. All around a good beer for those that dont want to spend $10+ a bottle for micro brew.
Jul 06, 2019
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Reviewed by Skywave from Oklahoma

1.54/5  rDev -28.7%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
Appearance:
Pours to thin head that laces a bit. Pale clear straw color.

Aroma:
Smells of sweet syrup, candy corn, overripe pears and apples, and a hint of solvent. Very cheap smelling.

Flavor:
Flavor is just plain "off"-- candylike and not very much like a real beer. Almost like a non-alcoholic brew, except you can detect the alcohol through the thin veil. Tastes of chemicals. Aftertaste liuke cheap waxy candy or artificial sweetner. Yuck.

Mouthfeel:
Light and bubbly. Moderate CO2 (about 2.5 volumes). No astringency. Watery but quenching.

Overall:
Tastes weird, not enjoyable. Even at the rock bottom low price point, it is pointless.
May 22, 2019
 
Rated: 2 by jvgoor3786 from Arkansas

Sep 15, 2018
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Reviewed by JuicesFlowing from Kansas

2.81/5  rDev +30.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
Poured into a nonic pint glass.

Looks like a classic cartoonish beer with huge white sudsy head and clear golden body. Smells like damp corn husk, cardboard. Tastes fairly neutral with a little bit of corn adjunct and slight metallicism. Mouthfeel is light and fluid.

Overall, not spit-out bad, just plain and watery but not in a good way. If I want plain and watery in a good way I’ll drink Natty Light.
May 12, 2018
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.08/5  rDev +42.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
I received this CAN from my local, in-person trader, tone77, who always come through with unexpected and surprising additions for The CANQuest (tm)! This is just one more exCANple of his ability to suss out new CANned beers.

From the CAN: "American Brewed"; "92 calories/2.8 carbs"; "Premium Pilsner Brewed and Canned by Quality Brewers, Memphis, TN".

I got some foaming through the vent when I initially Crack!ed it open, so I quickly CANmenced a Glug into the awaiting glass. Unbidden, it formed just under three fingers of foamy, fizzy, rocky, bone-white head with very limited retention, quickly falling to wisps & leaving only a trace of lacing behind. Color was Straw-Yellow (SRM = > 2, < 4) with NE-quality clarity. Nose had an odd maltiness, not of an adjunct like corn, but instead almost like wheat, slightly honeyed. Hmm. I have smelled MUCH worse in/from the style. Remember to review to style, not to taste! Mouthfeel was thin & watery, about par for the course. The taste was really bland, barely registering as anything more than fizzy water. The site's style guidelines read: "The hop character is low and should only balance with no signs of flavor or aroma." Agreed. It was pretty close to flavorless, but the smell was at least noticeable. It would be hard to rate it as "Poor" in that case. Finish was quite dry & refreshing, but it was a decent beer in a crappy style. I suppose that it would be nice on a hot, humid Summer's day, but then again, so would a glass of water. YMMV.
Apr 30, 2018
 
Rated: 2.54 by AGoodStout from Kansas

Aug 05, 2017
 
Rated: 1 by prost2hefeweizen from Oklahoma

Apr 27, 2017
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Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia

1.38/5  rDev -36.1%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.25
Poured from a 12 OZ can into a pint glass. The appearance is a crystal clear pale light yellow with an almost non-existent head. The aroma is basically tap water. The taste mirros the nose. it doesnt taste bad, but it doesn't taste like a regular beer. more like a flavored water or near beer.
Feb 19, 2017
 
Rated: 2.26 by jaydoc from Kansas

Oct 21, 2016
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Rated by BlackBeerDown from Arkansas

1.2/5  rDev -44.4%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
Imagine pouring 6 ounces of Miller Lite into a glass with 6 ounces of water and you have Frio Light.
Apr 27, 2016
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

2.39/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a pale yellow color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is very light, hints of corn. Taste is nowhere to be found. Maybe the lightest grains, not much "beer" flavor at all. Feels light in the mouth and overall it just doesn't feel like I drank a beer.
Nov 18, 2015
 
Rated: 1.97 by South2NW from Oregon

Oct 15, 2015
Frio Light from City Brewing Company, LLC
Beer rating: 59 out of 100 with 49 ratings