Harley Davidson Beer

Brewed by Miller Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

I give it a Daytona Beach Biker Week rating where if it has Harley Davidson on the label it’s bitch’n

1993 can. Copper light golden pour, thin white head and lacing. Nose has a fishy saltiness with corn grain and some sweet something or another. Flavor is sweet and grainy, not that good. But, surprisingly not horrific.

Dark straw color with a full off white head. Pale malt and grain aromas and flavors. Not much more than a standard america lager. I see some of the other rating and can’t help but think they are likely Special brews made by the Joseph Huber Brewing Co. back in 1994 and a few other years.

Tastes like regular crappy beer, the cool can notwithstanding. I usually buy a sixer and then save the full cans for a while and drag them around every time I move and then get tired of this and drink bad five year old canned brew.

Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 can 1993 pours golden. aroma and taste were overly sweet with corn like palate and pale mats. Was getting a lot of sweetness with flavor almost of strawberry with no trace of hops. Finish wasn’t the best, had soy notes. Not sure if it was the amazing beers of the tasting but this one tasted ok for a pale lager with 16 years on it. Probably overrated, but i’ll blame it on drinking and rating.

Just plain yuck,Decent golden color,medium sized white head that faded slowly leaving a little behind.The aroma was nothing great with a slight malt side and some faint hops.Now the taste.Again nothing special,light malt some mild sweetness and some faint hops coming on towards the end with a slight bitterness in the finish,but very faint at best.It’s worth a try for the novelty of the brew but little more then that.

Sturgis 1996 edition. Brewed by Joseph Huber Brewing Co. Given to me by a friend who attended the rally that year, and it was stored away and forgotten. A beer to “ring out the old” in celebration of the New Year. Poured with a fizzy white head that soon dropped to a ring. Cloudy golden with a bit of sediment but no floaties. Aroma of pale malt and yeast. Flavor is pale malt with a sharp lager crispness, almost spicy. Medium body for a lager. Certainly not a great beer, but then again it could have turned out a lot worse after ten years. Its doubtful this beer was any better when it was in its prime. An intereasting detour off the beaten path for a Harley rider.