Dickermann: 3.0 – It’s a nice light beer with just a bit of spice and clove sort of flavor. It’s okay, but forgettable almost instantly, which is unfortunate given the uncommonness of lagers and Helles style.
Price Average: $3 for single can
Website: https://oozlefinchbeers.com/
Pride and Parquet: 5.0 – On the one hand, we’re pleased to try another Lager given how shafted it’s been over here with so many ales as of the last few years. It being from good ol’ Jack’s Abby is a welcome sight, but then they gotta throw some basketball stuff at us and who needs that? Answer Boston people which this is clearly catering too, but how is it for everyone else in the world? Well it’s good they put hoppy there so you’re not surprised. It’s not amazingly tasty or flavorful, but we guess if you were in a pub watching the game – it doesn’t have to be.
Price Average: $11 for 4-pack 16oz
Website: https://jacksabby.com/
Green State Lager: 5.0 – It’s a fine lager. A bit too hoppy if we’re honest, but sadly due to the overall decline of proper lagers over ales it’s hard to find. Sadly there is little that’s special about this to stand out.
Price Average: $10 for 4-pack cans
Website: https://www.zerogravitybeer.com/
Alpine Lager: 4.5 – The concept of a brisk beer because of a sharper sort of malt flavor sort of works here. The aftertaste is more grey sock though so the effect is lost rather quickly making this a pretty subpar beer overall.
Price Average: $4
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
Brooklyn Lager: 5.0 – We’ve lamented of late that there’s so many ales going on and not enough lagers. (or scotch ale, or schwarzbier, but anyway) That’s what sort of makes this disappointing because while we’ve listed as a 5 (aka average) it’s only average because of shittier beers, of which this sort of is. It’s a tad too hoppy, but is otherwise just a subpar lager.
Price Average: $20 for mixed 12-pack
Website: https://brooklynbrewery.com/
Longboard Island Lager: 5.5 – The ‘island’ adds nothing to what is an otherwise fine and forgettable lager. We really don’t have much to say other than we wish this lager had something else going for it.
Price Average: $2
Website: https://konabrewingco.com/
Hofbrauhaus Festbier: 7.0 – For a golden lager that it is pretty much dead on what you expect and want. It’s not too crazy, or perfectly executed, but it’s the standard you wish was standard.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.hofbraeu-muenchen.de/en
Ungespundet-Hefetrub: 6.5 – There’s not been a lot of lagers here of late, and that is by no means our fault. It is nice to have one again even if the name is so unprounecable it might as well be gibberish. As for the beer itself, it’s malty and nutty and delicious. The overall taste is a bit short, but we suspect that’s intentional to have you drink a lot.
Price Average: $4.5
Website: https://www.mahrs.de/?lang=en
Trosten Lager: 4.5 – It is a darker and smokier lager and it does rather well in that style. It did have something though that threw us for a loop – the word gemütlichkeit. It said it was a lager full of it, and curious at what sort of hop or yeast (or how to say it) we looked it up. It means friendliness, which is ironic as it’s made us angry. Overall it is a nice relaxing, simple, and tasty beer though.
Price Average: $2 single
Website: http://www.vontrappbrewing.com/
Blood Orange Wheat Lager: 5.5 – It’s a solid wheat lager. But the blood orange is only just there. It’s nice though and goes down easy and the bit of uncommon citrus is fine.
Price Average: $17 for 12-pack
Website: https://jacksabby.com/