I purchased this beer in a beige 12.oz can. The front has the Cigar City Brewing seal, under which in beautiful classic Aisha script it says "Tampa-style Lager" and in more blunt stencil font on the blue bottom band it states it's ultimate purpose "made for drinkin'". On the reverse it says to drink it fresh, not to age it, and to pour it gently into the glass. Good to know, although I don't know why you would want to age a commercial Lager. I suppose people are getting a little overzealous with the beer cellaring. On the epitaph it describes itself as such: "This Tampa-style Lager is inspired by the traditional German-style Hells, which translates to "light colored."Perfect for the Florida heat, it's a beer that's made for drinkin' when it's truly hotter than hells outside." 4.5% alcohol by volume. I'll be using the super traditional Orion mug for this beer. Let's crack it open and see that head!
It's a cool font
Nose from the can is malty with a touch of sour, apple scent as well. Pours pale golden with low small bubble agitation. Not much head to speak of, just maintains a little froth around the edge. Nose from the glass is the same as the can. On first sip, it's sweet, salty, and malty. A little breadyness, allot of apple and a crisp finish. It's a lower medium body with light acidity.
Final thoughts. It's a perfectly serviceable beer. As the can says "Made for Drinkin'", not a beer to be mulled over (although I did anyways). This kind of thing really isn't my kind of beer, but it was good. If you're hanging out with a buddy who has plebeian taste buds but can't bring yourself to buy gas station crap, pick this up, it's pretty good. I give this beer my blurry seal of approval!
Listening to The Doobie Brothers. So the Christmas season has begun, with all it's trappings. The one I'm sure everyone is familiar with is your family driving you crazy, which has been my hell for the past two months. I need to move out of my parents place, but I can't afford to get a place by my self and I don't know anyone who is trying to move in with someone. Kind of the trouble with being 29, everybody is either married or has moved far away. I'm looking into buying a three bedroom house and renting out the other two rooms, but I effectively have no credit and it will take about seven months of credit history before the VA will cosign on a home loan. I'm about to just sell off some stock, buy a small plot, get an internet connection and a spicket for water and just live in out of my van. This is driving me nuts. In other news, the past couple of weeks I've been re-plumbing my grandmothers house and it's just about done. I'm telling you, PEX is magical stuff. If I had to redo that place with PVC I would have just saved myself the trouble and burned the place down. This stuff is easy to install, dosn't rupture if it freezes, is dirt cheap, easy to insulate and is super flexible. I wouldn't use it for a drain or anything, but for a supply pipe you'd be a fool to use anything else.
Final thoughts. It's a perfectly serviceable beer. As the can says "Made for Drinkin'", not a beer to be mulled over (although I did anyways). This kind of thing really isn't my kind of beer, but it was good. If you're hanging out with a buddy who has plebeian taste buds but can't bring yourself to buy gas station crap, pick this up, it's pretty good. I give this beer my blurry seal of approval!
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