Brewery - Moosehead Independent Brewery
Strength - 5%
Type - Pale Lager
As most people know I am an Ale and Bitter man, but I do also enjoy my Lagers. For this reason I have decided to review a Lager for my second beer this week!
I was visiting the Waterloo Beerhouse, which is favourite spot of mine for craft brewers and some foreign beers that you wouldn't normally see in Blighty, when I saw the Moosehead.
I'd never had a Moosehead Brewery Beer before, and here was their primary product! Needless to say I hurredly bought a bottle.
It's a very American Lager, although it's brewed in the great white north (Canada). It's thin and crisp, and very light. It has a similar texture to US Lagers like Budweiser, but has a very different palette.
It has a malty taste, with a hint a lemon, and it's much sweeter than other Lagers from the West. You get a slightly hoppy taste towards the end but it's still sweet and the hint of lemon undertones stays with you all the way.
Unfortunately, like many US beers (Also Canadian it seems), it's very watery and the body is very light. It's an extremely average Lager, and is easily forgotten.
I'd like to try it on tap, as some weaker tasting Lagers (like Budweiser) are greatly improved on tap compared to bottled.
The bottled product however, did not impress.
I hope to try some other brews from Moosehead in the future, but I probably won't get this one again.
GDBS - 5
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