I have a confession to make…
I’m a beer snob. I’ve never been a big fan of lagers. Generally I’ve found that most of them taste the same - fairly boring, like beer I drank in college. Sure, there are occasional standouts, but nothing I’ve really stuck with. I’m more of an ale guy.
But Full Sail has proven me wrong with their “LTD Series” Limited Edition Lager. Just hoppy enough to be interesting, yet light and smooth enough that it goes down easy. Its reasonably priced but hard to find - I’ve only found it in six packs at larger Safeways and I doubt you’ll find it outside the Pacific Northwest - but its a winner indeed. Something to add to the rotation whenever you can find it.
I’m going to continue reviewing good beers as I find them. Its something that makes me happy and I figure it’ll be a good non-geek addition to my blog. Let me know if you enjoy it.
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January 31, 2007 at 12:05 am
Stuart Langridge
When you say that most lagers taste the same, is that generally American lagers, or have you tried and not liked some of the decent European lagers like Budweiser Budvar (Czech), the fruit lembics from Belgium (krieks, that sort of thing), etc?
February 14, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Ben
Actually a lambic is neither truly an ale or a lager. Lambics are not brewed with ale (which ferment on the top) nor lager yeast (ferment on the bottom) but with natural yeasts occurring in the air in a the Senne valley in belgium. Thus lambics don’t have yeast added but are imbibed with it from the air via fermenting in open vats. That’s what gives them that tart/puckery taste. Gueze, a type of lambic is an unflavoured mixture of multiple lambics of different ages. Truly tart and delicious.
April 20, 2007 at 2:55 pm
RaymonWazerri
Hey, I love what you’e doing! Don’t ever change and best of luck.
Raymon W.