Iron Hill Light Lager

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Pale Lager
Newark, Delaware USA

Draft at the West Chester location, July 2006. A very light yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of straw, and a bit of acidity - like so many light beers. The flavor is sweet citrusy and with a bit of acidity, leading to a dry cardboardy end. And the body is thin. Boring.

Name: Iron Hill Light Lager
Date: 07/26/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear yellow, fine white head, streaks of drippy lace, light sweet corn and grain aroma, rich and sweet cereal flavor, light balancing bitterness,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Off white head atop a clear, exceptionally pale straw body. Aroma is light malty, medium sweet. Taste is light sweet, light grassy, minimal aftertaste. Light body, fairly crisp. Not bad for what it is.

On tap at the North Wales locatoin. Poured a lighter yellow color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of some citrus and corn. Tastes of the same.

(Draught) Pours a clear yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of grass and freshly ground grain. Light maltiness with a sweet, funky finish.

on tap-pours a white head with yellow/pale yellow color. Aroma is faint grain. Taste is faint, sweet grain. Good carbonation.

My Bottom Line:
Clean pils malt cereal flavors create some crunch and sweetness throughout, but all is so delicate and left alone in the flavor profile that interest dwindles quickly. This is clearly a "house blond" for the masses, not one brewed for the craft beer lover.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A tame head of foam stands atop the clear pale golden.
-Hopping is nearly absent.
-Carbonation is appropriate and the body is not too thin, which is a nice change of pace in this usually frail and vapid style.
-This remains quite drinkable, but there are so few flavors to enjoy that I do not see a purpose in drinking it. Especially when there are so many more interesting session beers being offered at Iron Hill.

On tap at the Wilmington brewpub.

Tap at Lancaster location. Pale straw colour. Aroma is light and hay-like. Short crisp finish with a bit of lingering floral character. Quite delicate and not bad, per se, but there is so much other great stuff here, that this one could be skipped.