Half Acre Lager

Brewed by Half Acre Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Chicago, Illinois USA

I must confess that I don’t understand the previous six ratings. My only explanation is that what I got from the tap at the bar had barley that came from the wrong half of the acre. Looked fine, a deep golden body with a substantial head. Smelled off, soured pale malt with a whiff of grassy bitterness. Tasted off, some bready malt, an odd sourness and metallica, but at least had a solidly bitter finish. I’ll pass on this in the future.

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12 oz bottle, via jsquire. Pours a hazy orangish body with a small fizzy off-white head that faded to a thin film quickly. The nose is bready and lightly toasted malt. The flavor is slightly sweet with toasted malt and a slight almost rye bread like earthiness. Finishes with a fairly bright citrusy hop bite. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a watery texture and fizzy forced carbonation. Overall, nothing special, but well above what I was expecting from it. It really has the hopping level of an APA or some of the lighter IPAs.

bottle. pours gold with small white head. nose of sweet malt and spicy hop notes. this fresh bottles yields a pleasent citrus and spicy hop character, clean malt back bone. nice lager.

Murky orangish color with a big rocky off white head. Malty nose with hints of bread, honey and orange. Orange peel, caramel sweetness, some lightly toasted bread, with a long citrus hop finish. More flavorful than your average premium lager. At $9.99 a six pack in Chicago I don’t know as how I’d ever buy it again.

12 oz. bottle via trade with jsquire - Pours a hazy amber color with a one finger thick off white head. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is very light malt and herbal hops. Faint soapiness too. Flavor has an odd maltiness to it. Medium body. To be honest, I’m not getting much Lager character from this beer. It is somewhat smooth, but not real palatable. It’s just an odd beer. Thanks Jeff.

Tasted 5/27/08. 12oz bottle. Filtered with a bright golden amber hue. Finger width of off-white cream colored head. Mild nose with hints of caramel and hearty breads. On the fuller side of light bodied. Good mouthfeel for a lager. Tingling effervescence followed by a slightly salty caramel flavor. Crisp with nice fruity estery undertones. Finishes crisp with a mildly cloying sticky flavor. Decent hop presence. Sticky citrus hops. Nice lacing head. Picked up a six on a whim while in Chicago, and this turned out to be a diamond in the rough! If I was local, I’d definitely get more of this for the summer.

Pours a darker golden with a pretty standard off-white foamy head. Sour bready malt and metallic hop aroma. Sweet bready malt and metallic bitter hop flavor, well balance and straight forward. Funky aftertaste. Very average body, crisp and well carbonated.

12 oz bottle from . Pours a clear amber with an off white head. Nose is light but malty. Some toffee with a tough of noble hops. Smooth clean toffee caramel and dough flavors with a decent dose of hops. Piney, citrus, and floral hop notes that linger after this slides down. I had virtually no desire to try this Premium Lager, but if you get this fresh, it actually tastes much closer to a decent amber ale. I can’t imagine a premium lager better than this. Lets see if this surprising quality can keep up when they start brewing it themselves.