Genesee Beer

Brewed by High Falls Brewing Company
Style: Pale Lager
Rochester, New York USA

Pours light yellow...not much flavor or aroma. Genesee always tastes metallic to me, and the afertaste is horrible.

Draft.This beer was straw yellow.Tasted like bud brewed w/corn instead of rice.Pretty bad but I did finish the pint at least.

Canned. Wow, this was pretty bad. A great beer to pound in large quantities, though.

This is the first "genny" I drank since I was a thirsty Canuck student swarming Buffalo bars on the week ends to drink up the "Yankee headache juice" sold on tap at hundreds of small neighborhood bars in upstate NY. Since that time, small lakes of Canadian, imported and craft brewed beer has flowed over this palate. Ya know what? Genny tastes good to me! You have to come from the right frame of reference. I believe you Yanks are too hard on yourselves when it comes to grading the local commercial sudz. This Gennesee reminded me of a traditional local brewed American lager from a time when the local breweries CARED and had to make their smaller batches consistantly BETTER than the mega brewers to keep alive. I'd give this new offering from high falls overall kudos for focusing on the traditional repeatable quality of the regional American brewers before the 70s corporate shit-storm made national brands taste bland and uniform. Long live Genny!

Good overall even though it sometimes has a bad rep. Still something to have with any food.

nice gold color decent head that stays awhile just a tinge of lace as you drink it kind of a sour sweet flavor of a Busch beer just a bit stronger drinkable but not good.

I don't understand the higher ratings for this puke-in-a-can. Appearance: not impressed. Gold, decent head, nothing special whatsoever. Smell: did I get sprayed by a skunk? NOOOOO I opened a can of Genesee. Taste: Would you like some of that skunk you hit to go along with your Genesee? Mouthfeel: the best part of this beer. As long as you don't swallow, you can't gag. So let it sit there... as long as possible. This beer is not drinkable, I don't care how broke I am. I'll drink water from a puddle from a grease-covered street first.

Not at all bad for a macro. It's been many years since I had a Genny, a beer I remember fondly from my adolescent drinking experiences. Pours bright yellow with a bubbly head and thin lacing. Has an interesting, mediciny wine aroma. Smooth mouthfeel, with considerably more complexity than found in most mass-produced brews. I can actually almost identify the use of hops in this macro. I'm glad it's not undrinkable, because I bought a 30-pack. If you're a regular macro drinker and want to save a few bucks, give it a try.