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    Native Lager

    March 1, 2009
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    Name – Native Lager
    Country – United States
    Type – Lager

    Appearance – Pours a golden yellow color that is slightly hazy with a decent sized white head.  You can see yeast floating around in it.

    Smell – Yeast was the most prominent thing I could pick up.

    Taste – Very yeasty with hints of orange.  Is this a lager or a white?

    Being a resident of Florida I have only had one beer brewed in this state already, that was from St. Somewhere.  So I figured I should pick up another home state brew and give it a whirl.  I was really thrown off by this one.  I expected lager but it tasted almost like a white ale.  Very yeasty with the slight citrus taste.  For a lager this wasn’t so good.  If someone told me it was a wheat then I would think it was so so.

    Overall Grade – D+

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    Allagash White

    February 26, 2009
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    Name – Allagash White
    Country – United States
    Type – White Ale

    Appearance – Poured a very hazy straw gold color with a nice white head that laced the glass pretty well.  You can see the yeast floating around in this.

    Smell – Combinations of yeast and orange stick out in the smell.

    Taste – Pretty much right on with the smell nice orange taste with a wheat/yeast hint to it.

    This was a really good all around white ale.  Not to yeasty or overboard with the citrus flavors.  Just right on all of those.  This will definitely be a good one to have during the hot summer.

    Overall Grade – A-

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    Penn Dark

    February 25, 2009
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    Name – Penn Dark
    Country – United States
    Type – Munich Dunkel Lager

    Appearance – Poured a deep brown color with very minimal sand colored head.

    Smell – Subtle smells that are mostly malts.  A bit of chocolate and a roasted smell to it.

    Taste – Some sweet malts that have hints of chocolate and brown sugar.  A slight roasted taste at the end.

    I love when you can find a lager that is not typical of what most of America has come to think of lagers.  This one does that from it’s dark color to completely different smells and tastes.  While not the best lager I’ve ever had this is definitely a good one and would recommend it.

    Overall Grade – B-

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