Cricket Hill East Coast Lager

Brewed by Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Style: Pale Lager
Fairfield, New Jersey USA

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a transparent and an excellent lacing. The mild aroma was dough lagerish and fruity. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt and was very typical. An OK brew just nothing special.

Unfortunately this was a low point of the Stoudt’s Microbrew Fest for me. I found this to be a sour lager with really no discernable flavors other than a boring wimpy malt and sour aftertaste. It is not an appalling beer just not exciting either. The mouthfeel is nice and smooth but with out any taste what good is mouthfeel. I’ll give this beer another shot but I poured out my last swig to replace it with something that had more substance. Hope this is helpful. Cheers!

Bottle - from sampler pack. Pretty good. Good malt flavor, enough hops. Clean tasting.

12oz. bottle. Clear golden color with a small white head that left sparse lacing. Sweet malty aroma with some floral notes. Grassy, toasted malt flavor that was a bit on the sweet side. Light floral hops with very little bitterness. A bit too sweet for my tatse. I would have preferred a lager that was a bit more crisp, dry and bitter.

(12 oz bottle: Obtained 06-May-06 in trade with Otter, thanks Jeremy!) No mistaking the malt flavor in this beer: it tastes like corn husks, but at least it is somewhat balanced by a pleasant, grassy, mildly bitter hoppiness. Corn remains the focal point from start to finish. Body is light-medium and carbonation is moderate, but because of the body and lagging hoppiness, the beer isn’t what I’d call crisp or clean or refreshing. What it is, is tasty. The aroma is dominated by corn husks, with a hint of citrusy, grassy hops in the background. Medium straw-colored body is slightly hazy, but that doesn’t inhibit the ability to see the scattered streams of carbonation bubbles rising through the beer. The whitish head that rose to half an inch during the pour gradually has subsided to a very wide ring, leaving spotty lacing around the glass. A nice beer, rather flavorful, but you have to not mind a husky beer.

The beer is very nicely brewed, well balanced, very good malt flavor. Very little bitter after taste for a nice smooth finish.

Light gold appearance with a medium sized head and fair lacing. Cooked vegatable aroma. Light to medium bodied, well carbonated, thin mouthfeel. Malty, grainy taste at first, with some hops kicking in as it finishes. Inoffensive. (cc)

12oz bottle: Pours to a totally clear yellow body with a medium white, frothy, bubbly head that quickly dies. The color looks like yellow food dye was added, such a clear & bright yellow that it appears artificial. The aroma is very mild with some hints of fruit, light sweet malts, and some light herbs. The flavor is pretty bland as well, with tastes of sweet light malt, old bread, and subtle hints of herbs (maybe just a tiny amount of spicy hops? It’s hard to tell). Light bodied, medium carbonated, finishes with some sweet malt syrup flavors.