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Kona Longboard Lager

Kona Longboard Lager

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30
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A Premium Lager brewed by
Kona Brewing Company

Kailua Kona, Hawaii USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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3802.82/5.02.82/5.05.5%72.1Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Longboard Lager is a smooth refreshing lager fermented and aged for five weeks at cold temperatures to yield its exceptionally smooth flavor. A delicate, slightly spicy hop aroma complements the malty body of this beer.

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brewski519 (84), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 8, 2009  
Pours a golden color with a thick head. First glass I tried, the beer came off tasting skunky to me - not sure if it was me or the beer. So, I dumped and tried another one the next day. This time I got an aroma of spice, hops, and malt. Taste was better the second time around with a slight pine, hop and floral taste. I prefer their pale ale offering but this wasn’t bad.


 popephred (152), Plainfield, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Poured from the bottle into a pint glass. Pour produced a clear, wheat colored body, topped by a small head of white foam, which diminished quickly. Aroma is a fair balance of hops and malt. Medium bodied, with a malty sweetness. Palate isn’t eclectic, and shouldn’t be. This is a smooth drinking beer with a bit of a hops afterbite at the end to give it a little character. Not memorable, but not bad...


 ChainGangGuy (1810), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 4, 2009  
$1.39 12 oz. single at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia. Packaged on July 3rd, 2008. Appearance: Pours a clear, golden body with a smallish, white head. Smell: Aroma smelling of light pale malts, an incredibly light touch of caramel, and distinctive spicy hops. Oh, and a tiny hint of dinner rolls. Taste: Light pale maltiness with a light, brief sweetness and hint of washed out caramel. Faintest hint of wheat chaff. Spicy, Saaz hops with a light, cleansing bitterness. Finishes quite crisp with a flutter of both carbonation of spicy hop character. Bits of dough in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium-plus carbonation. Drinkability: Decent. I will say it certainly displays more malt and hop character than your basic macro lager.


msprigings (4), , Virginia, USA
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3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
Dec 30, 2008  
I thought it was a fairly decent American lager. Nothing really amazing about it however I did enjoy it.


 m4rest88 (126), Beverly Hills, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Bottle from Safeway in Kapolei, Oahu. Pours with a clear golden hue with lots of carbonation. In fact its hard to tell that the beer is because there are so many bubbles. Aroma is of hops, yeast, some pineapple, and citrus. Good full smell for a lager. Flavor is of bread, spices - ginger, and lots of yeast. A refreshing beer indeed. Light to medium mouthfeel with lively carbonation! Not a bad brew - definitely not deserving to be in the 29th percentile in my opinion.



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