Coney Island Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager

Bomber. Pours light brown with a thin white head. Nice citrus hop aroma. Smooth crisp malt taste with a really nice citrus hoppiness. Very solid hoppy lager.

(bottle). Light amber color with light cloudiness. Small white head. Moderate hop aroma. Sweet malt and hop flavors. Avg duration. Smooth finish with light bitterness. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.

Yellowish orange pour with a nice slightly orange-tinted head. Nice and long-lasting. Smell is kinda disappointing...maybe it was just my bottle, but it doesn’t really smell very good. Taste is fine...sorta peppery up front, smooth finish. Light citrus fruits in the taste, maybe a little apricot. Not that bad, but nothing exceptional.

I see this beer all the time and its always $4.99 sometimes i’ll see it for $3.99 for a 22oz bottle. Today i saw it for $2.99 and it made me curious so i bought a bottle. It’s basically one of those bottles you just buy for the cool looking label but once you pour it, it also looks really nice too. Its 99 degrees today and this beer has that light orangey, refreshing, summer beer look to it. I must say its also quite refreshing and pretty good, its nothing to write home about but i would drink it again. It has that orangey zest to it as the color promotes and is also a tad hoppy. Not bad but not great... good overall.

Bomber from WT on August 12, 2009. Cloudy orange color. Frothy white head. Hoppy aroma (wow, this is a lager, isn’t it?) followed by a light, spicy bitter sip... quite a pleasure drinking. The hops and gravity of this brew make it a pretty darned good strong lager. It only has a 68 percentile, but I can’t put it down... maybe because it still reminds my mouth of a lighter beer (lager) that requires constant sipping... not sure... Also, something’s in the finish - might be peppercorn.

Pours a slightly hazy straw color with off-white head. Nose has some herbal notes with lemony citrus, but isn’t very aromatic overall. Palate has a good balance of malt with hop bitterness, with some spice coming through towards the end (perhaps rye). Finish is spicy and lemony.

Bottled. Orangeish golden colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is hops, grains, some mild spicy and herbal notes. Flavour is quite strong fruity and grassy hops along with some mild grainy and earthy notes. Semi-dry palate.

Bottle. Pours a copper body with a white head. Bread y cereal caramel malts, a hint spicy and resinous, earth y with a pine bitter finish. Decent.