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Cugino Light 2.46 9

Cugino Light

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92.27/5.02.46/5.0-75.4Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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Cugino Light is a classic Italian style beer that is delicately balanced, crisp, and refreshing. This all malt beer is light yet full of character, making it easy to drink and very easy to enjoy.
 Headbanger (1601), Aurora, Illinois, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/57/20
Dec 6, 2007  
12oz bottle(8/02)-Brewed by Two Brothers-A light golden body with a decent head and an aroma of any typical lager. Taste light with a little of a funky taste. Not the worst I’ve had.


 DrnkMcDermott (1865), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/57/20
Aug 7, 2006    Updated: Sep 6, 2009
Bottle from the sale rack at Foremost, Oak Forest. I suspect I’m sampling from the same batch as the previous raters, cause this bottle may be pretty aged. It opens with a surprisingly sweet smell, first fruity then a bit winey. Pours way too dark for a light beer. Not quite cloudy, but there are a few floaties visible. Just a light scum of bubbles. Taste is a little less interesting. Just a light, oxidized malt with some corn sweetener. Thin, watery texture. Geez, and I thought when I smelled it they might have added a grape tannin or something to make it really "Italian." But it’s just olf. I will try a fresh one sometimes.
Meantime, I notice our listing for Cugino Brewing’s web site just returns a placeholder search page. If this stuff is still being brewed, it’s not controlled from Batavia, anymore.


 frankenkitty (1903), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/59/20
Sep 3, 2005  
I thought this was from Italy but, alas, I’ve now tried yet another beer from Illinois. Golden/amber with a little sediment and a tiny head. Musty aroma with burnt grain, slight caramel, coins and DMS lurking beneath. A "dirty" taste, bittersweet, with slight spiciness and mild sourness at the end.

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 Cornfield (4976), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/57/20
May 5, 2005    Updated: Aug 8, 2006
Dark yellow with a short-lived big-bubbled head and a corny sweet aroma - - - this is what I look for to entice me into drinking a beer. It’s light bodied with a light sweet corn & malt taste with a slightly crisp finish. My first and last.

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 AlchemistZ (493), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Apr 13, 2005  
Big bubbles rise from a surprisingly darker than straw-colored beer with a fat-bubbled, white head. Aroma is lager ferment sulphur and a toasty grain. The beer shows flavor of a nice pale lager for 2 seconds then the CO2 overwhelms the delicate body. Almost ethereal with a damp, musty basement finish.


 Dough77 (779), Aurora, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Jan 29, 2005  
A descent light brew, nothing special. Carbonation, watery, "light beery" not bad.


 jaymobrown (1360), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/58/20
Dec 31, 2003  
Bright hoppish type of macrobrew nose. Very light color with micro-bubbles. Very thin and watery. The nose is more sweet than bitter. Not bad for a light beer.


Dawghouse Brewers99 (91), Exeter, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/59/20
Nov 15, 2001  
Light head disappears quickly. Light colored light bodied. A sweet and smokey aroma. Clean flavor, no bite. A good lawn mower beer.



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