The beer looks like a classic pilsner. It's a pale gold that is a bit too rich in gold color to be confused with a Bud, but it might be confused with a Coors or something like that in a darker room. The head isn't really trying; it's not much to start with and leaves only a slight patch on top with no lacing. The aroma is lemons and grains without the slightest hint of the dry hopping I was promised on the can.First sip is grainy with lemon zest, grasses, and some honey. I think there is citrus around the outsides, but the sip isn't like looking at the beer closely - it's looking at the beer through a telescope pointed at a microscope pointed in the general direction of the beer. There are lots of beers that are great in a sip and bad to drink and even more that are the reverse. I'm thinking this has depths I am not getting to.
Tip-in is lemons and grains with grasses lightly touching the tongue. The middle is a hint of citrus and pine added to the heavy grains and that light lemon that is more pervasive than you might expect. The finish is a cloud of bitterness descending on everything before the lemon, and ultimately the grass, waves goodbye in the trail-off.
Bottom Line: Not bad, but it's not exactly ground-breaking.
2.5/5
