Mexican Logger | Ska Brewing Co.
Brewed by:
Ska Brewing Co.
Colorado, United States
skabrewing.com
Style: American Pale Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.20%
Availability: Summer
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by BeerAdvocate on 08-07-2002
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Ratings: 326 | Reviews: 85
3.37/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A crisp beer that has that slight earthy finish.
Taste Rating in Words: It getting right at the edge of a cliff but not quite falling off.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A crisp beer that has that slight earthy finish.
Taste Rating in Words: It getting right at the edge of a cliff but not quite falling off.
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3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L: brilliant straw with rapidly rising bubbles under a 1" bone white foam cap with a very fine bead
S: lime, light cracker with traces of apple, corn and floral hops
T: starts lightly sweet up front with lime, floral, traces of apple and light corn. It dries on the finish with a moderate bitterness and a slight tart note.
F: light body and above average carbonation
O: for what it is, it is good and drinkable but overall I find it meh
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L: brilliant straw with rapidly rising bubbles under a 1" bone white foam cap with a very fine bead
S: lime, light cracker with traces of apple, corn and floral hops
T: starts lightly sweet up front with lime, floral, traces of apple and light corn. It dries on the finish with a moderate bitterness and a slight tart note.
F: light body and above average carbonation
O: for what it is, it is good and drinkable but overall I find it meh
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3.81/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear lemon/yellow color with thin white fresh head. smell is fruity /flower noble hops with cracker bread malt and grain. Taste has a floral hop taste with a grainy sweetness it has a lemon grass cracker baked bread finish. Crisp mouth feel very drinkable with grassy hops , crushable in the summer.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear lemon/yellow color with thin white fresh head. smell is fruity /flower noble hops with cracker bread malt and grain. Taste has a floral hop taste with a grainy sweetness it has a lemon grass cracker baked bread finish. Crisp mouth feel very drinkable with grassy hops , crushable in the summer.
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3.45/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This beer pours a clear yellow with a decent head. The aroma is sweet, with rounded cracker malts, and just a hint of spicy hops. The flavor starts with sweet, generous cracker malts, and turns sharper at the finish, with a hint of floral hops and a bite of pepper. The mouthfeel is very light with springy carbonation. Overall this is a decent lager, but nothing particularly special.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This beer pours a clear yellow with a decent head. The aroma is sweet, with rounded cracker malts, and just a hint of spicy hops. The flavor starts with sweet, generous cracker malts, and turns sharper at the finish, with a hint of floral hops and a bite of pepper. The mouthfeel is very light with springy carbonation. Overall this is a decent lager, but nothing particularly special.
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3.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.83/5 rDev +13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nice thick head of big and little bubbles with little lacing. Aroma of light breadiness, lemon, lime, effervescent on nose, just slight staleness. Palate of lemon, lime, sourdough bread, grapefruit, stale mango. Pros crisp, easy drinking, more flavor than left hand kolsch. Cons some staleness/flabbiness toward finish. 87/100
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nice thick head of big and little bubbles with little lacing. Aroma of light breadiness, lemon, lime, effervescent on nose, just slight staleness. Palate of lemon, lime, sourdough bread, grapefruit, stale mango. Pros crisp, easy drinking, more flavor than left hand kolsch. Cons some staleness/flabbiness toward finish. 87/100
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3.85/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.49/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.54/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Picked up a sixer at BevMo Glendale in late May for $9.99. BBY 8-12-16 but has been stored in the beer fridge since purchase.
Beer poured pale with a decent white head with the initial pour.
Nose is fresh crackers and corn.
Taste includes corn, crackers, and grains that are balanced by a decent amount of hops to make it refreshing.
Mouthfeel is light and refreshing.
Overall a pretty good taking on a light somertime lager, definitely worthy of a shot.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Picked up a sixer at BevMo Glendale in late May for $9.99. BBY 8-12-16 but has been stored in the beer fridge since purchase.
Beer poured pale with a decent white head with the initial pour.
Nose is fresh crackers and corn.
Taste includes corn, crackers, and grains that are balanced by a decent amount of hops to make it refreshing.
Mouthfeel is light and refreshing.
Overall a pretty good taking on a light somertime lager, definitely worthy of a shot.
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3.51/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
4.03/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This beer sounded interesting (and I was looking for something light) based on the menu at a restaurant I was eating at one evening so I ordered this one up. This mexican-style lager features a frothy, ultra-bright white head that dissipates fairly quickly to a thin, whispy lacing. The beer itself is a pale straw in color and clear with high carbonation visible in the form of moderate sized bubbles rising quickly toward the surface. 4/5 The aroma is typical of a light lager in that there is a definitive aroma of both pilsner and light malt present that provide a grainy sweetness (but more graininess) as well as a nice hop bill that is a bit spicy, herbal, and grassy all at the same time. Very simple aroma but appealing nonethless. 4/5 The flavor is very much like the aroma with a light caramel and grainy sweetness coming out right away. This rather quickly leads into notes of white bread and cracker with the malt really carrying the flavor in the first 2/3 of the taste or so. The final third sees the hops really start to come out with a light peppery spiciness as well as an herbal note, plus fresh cut grass. The beer becomes somewhat bitter when these hop flavors arrive suggesting a somewhat significant hop bill. The bitterness lingers, albeit lightly, for a minute or two after swallowing. 4/5 The mouthfeel is very light and crisp with significant carbonation burn up front that slowly eases over time. There is a bit of dryness although the dryness is not overly dry. This lingers along with the bitterness, lightly. 4.25/5 Flavorful, sessionable, and balanced. Not overly sweet and grainy, not overly bitter and dry. This beer strikes a nice balance that makes for an enjoyable drinking experience and a willingness to grab another. 4/5
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This beer sounded interesting (and I was looking for something light) based on the menu at a restaurant I was eating at one evening so I ordered this one up. This mexican-style lager features a frothy, ultra-bright white head that dissipates fairly quickly to a thin, whispy lacing. The beer itself is a pale straw in color and clear with high carbonation visible in the form of moderate sized bubbles rising quickly toward the surface. 4/5 The aroma is typical of a light lager in that there is a definitive aroma of both pilsner and light malt present that provide a grainy sweetness (but more graininess) as well as a nice hop bill that is a bit spicy, herbal, and grassy all at the same time. Very simple aroma but appealing nonethless. 4/5 The flavor is very much like the aroma with a light caramel and grainy sweetness coming out right away. This rather quickly leads into notes of white bread and cracker with the malt really carrying the flavor in the first 2/3 of the taste or so. The final third sees the hops really start to come out with a light peppery spiciness as well as an herbal note, plus fresh cut grass. The beer becomes somewhat bitter when these hop flavors arrive suggesting a somewhat significant hop bill. The bitterness lingers, albeit lightly, for a minute or two after swallowing. 4/5 The mouthfeel is very light and crisp with significant carbonation burn up front that slowly eases over time. There is a bit of dryness although the dryness is not overly dry. This lingers along with the bitterness, lightly. 4.25/5 Flavorful, sessionable, and balanced. Not overly sweet and grainy, not overly bitter and dry. This beer strikes a nice balance that makes for an enjoyable drinking experience and a willingness to grab another. 4/5
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2.75/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.74/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.36/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Mexican Logger from Ska Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
3.39 out of
5 with
326 ratings
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