Drafting Room 13th Anniversary Lager

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: European Strong Lager
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at TDR Springhouse. Happens to be my RB rating #3,200. Poured a meduim golden color with a smaller sized white head. Aromas and tastes of grass (not an overpowering grassiness), light spices, some citrus and somewhat of a honey sweetness. Didn’t realize the alcohol content was over 7%.

Draft at DRE. Hazy medium golden pour with 1-finger whitish head. The aroma is very hoppy and citric, with a solid amount of floral spicy peppery hints. It smelled to me like a sort of hoppy saison at first, with a lot of peppery notes. The palate is medium, crisp, and complex, with flavors of pale malt, citric hops, and a lot of finishing black pepper and some floral notes, all while stylistically retaining the pilsner signature. I had a pint, then a growler, and I’ll be going back for another growler or two of this. And, indeed, the 7% alcohol is truly well hidden. This one is great.

Poured a hazy dark golden color with a small, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of bread, toffee malts, citrus, cereal, and floral hops. Taste was sweet up front, cereal grains, wood, bubblegum, light skunk, toffee malts, vanilla, citrus, and a moderate bitterness in the finish. Light alcohol as well in the finish.

On tap at the D Room. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a medium creamy lacing white head. Aroma of light citrus, floral, cereal grains and pretzels. Lots of hop flavor and bitterness, some grapefruit, bready and piney. Being a lager there is not a whole lot of fruitiness so the hop flavor and bitterest is up front.

On tap at Drafting Room. Hazy gold with a lasting head. flavor is cereal with some pineapple and a nice amount of bitterness hops in the finish. Boozy and somewhat tasty.

Draught: Sweet aroma. Smelled of floral hops and grapefruit. Poured golden in color with a big white head that lasted throughout. Great lacing. Cloudy. Flavor was lightly sweet. Tasted of lemon, hops, bubblegum, and a tiny bit of spice. Light to medium body. Oily, thin texture. Soft carbonation. Sweet finish. Tastes somewhat like Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat. Overall, not bad, but the most disappointing of the Drafting Room Anniversaries. I will not be running to have it again as I was in prior years.

Clear golden body with a clean foamy white head. Citrusy pineapple aroma with sourdough and hay notes. Doughy pale malt background in the flaovr, plus abundant fresh hops. Has a vague lemony-cat box quality. Lightly sweet with some notable tartness and developing bitterness. A big, hoppy pilsner. This is a little rough around the edges, but grew on me.

On tap at D room. Cloudy golden in color with a nice white head. Malty grainy fruity aroma. Citrusy floral notes. Hoppy and malty flavor. Finish is bitter. Medium bodied. Drinkable.