Not sure why this is called 6-1. Maybe it has something to do with some road or something around Nolensville Tennessee, but I had initially assumed it was the ABV of the beer. This ABV is a much lower 4.5%, but that's still good for a low calorie beer. Maybe it's 61 calories? That would seem particularly low, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of information on the can to indicate why they chose this number. I could probably do just a tiny little bit of legwork to find out, but that's just not the way I work.
For a light beer, it has at least some color. It's yellow, and the head doesn't want to stick around. Nevertheless, a decent enough number of points of nucleation at the bottom of the glass lets me know that this is still carbonated. The aroma definitely smells of lime, but it's all pretty faint. I'm not expecting a particularly flavor-heavy beer, and the nose is indicating that I am correct in that assumption. Let's find out what the tongue says.
First sip has more flavor than most other light beers, but it is still kind of watery, and I wouldn't say the flavors all that great. The lime seems to be covering up some serious issue with the malt. The vaguely bread malt is a bit off. It might be that the yeast is interacting with it in a strange way, but this is not a particularly great tasting beer. I don't suppose most people expect a great tasting beer in a light beer, but I didn't buy this so that I could not enjoy it. I suppose, if I am charitable, this is generally inoffensive.
Tip-in is lime and the doughy bread with a dollop of yeast built into it. The middle is where a light lager should pick up, and this one does. The lime becomes fairly smooth over a somewhat watery and malty middle. The finish is slightly sweet and slightly acidic before heading with limes into the trail off.
Bottom Line: I don't think anyone's actually cracked this nut yet.
1.5/5
