General Lafayette Lafayettes Escape

In short: Maybe the best low-alcohol beer. Kind of bland but not unpleasant.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Clear amber body with almost no head
In long: Light nose of barley candy. Taste of basic whole-wheat cereals, some berries, light touch of caramel, a tiny bit nutty. Overall sensation of those morning cereals with dried berries. Not very tasty, it is bland but not offensively bland. Body didn’t feel empty. I’m not one of typical ratebeerian that rates a beer by its intensity, I really enjoyed the 2.5% Goose Island Six (rating 3.7) and the 3.5% Dupont Avril is a mid-4 beer to me, but this Escape really lacked character. It’s certainly the best beer classified as Low-Alcohol I’ve ever had but that means as much as being the best Ethiopian sumo wrestler.

Unbelievable aroma, flavor, and full mouthfeel for a beer of this alcohol level.

On draft at the brewpub. Poured deep brown with a skim of head. Surprisingly nutty flavor. VERY thin and watery, which is not surprising. The brewer gets props from me for pulling off a semi-decent beer at only 1.9%.

From the tap poured a clear brown color with a small amount of head. Nice flavor malty, but kind of watery.

on tap-pours a thin rich tan head and red color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, nutty. Taste is medium malt-caramel, nutty/peat/smoky, English hops at mid-taste and after taste. It varies from medium body to watery/thin body.

Wow my first low alcohol! Now I just have to find a Faro. This one poured to an amber color with a medium head. Aroma is nutty, malty and somewhat appetizing. Flavor has a light nutty/malty flavor that reminded me of a Mild ale. Not bad - I applaud the effort but just not enough there for my liking.

Draft at the pub. Medium brown color with medium off white head. Aroam of caramel, and nutts. The flavor was the same with good lightly roasted nutty finish. Thinner body. This was no bad for a low alchol brew.

For only being 2.8%, this is rediculouly good. I would guess that this would be anywhere from 5-7%. Pours a medium to dark amber with a nice beige head. Aroma is lightly fruity from the yeast, estery, light apple and plum, raisin, caramel malts, and tea-like. Flavor is moderately sweet with crystal malts and lightly yeasty. Nice clean bitterness in the end. Leaves a good mouthfeel and the body is so much bigger than you would expect for a 2.8% beer.