Labatt Sterling

Brewed by Labatt Breweries (InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
London, Canada

Pale golden under white and fadey. Pale malt aroma with a possible hint of vanilla... inoffensive. Not much of a flavor, and it did the trick to wash down some spicy ribs. Not a "beer-drinker’s beer", but like I mentioned... inoffensive.

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NOt as nasty as I may had supposed. But deffenitely nothing special, a little andy as many non alocholic ones.

This was the weirdest thing-- it looks like a decent pale lager in that it is a fairly deep golden colour, but there is absolutely no flavour to this at all. None. I can’t even say that it tastes "weak", because that implies there is a base flavour to be weakened, when in fact there is no flavour at all. Weird in a bad way.

Final, and by far the worst, of the Labatt triumvirate I got to try at a picnic I was at. Poured this one in a plastic cup and it looked like ginger ale. Not much aroma and it tasted like sparkling water with a hint of beer taste to it. Might as well stick with water instead of drinking this one. Never again will I drink nothing but Labatts all day even if free!!

Bottle. Pissy colored body topped with an instant-fading white bubbly head. Bad aroma of corn, CO2 and candy. Taste is watery with very timid corny aroma and CO2 hints. No aftertaste at all. This is bad carbonated water.

Surprise, surprise!!! One Labatt beer that I don’t trash. I like this beer for two things. The wheaty taste is fully acceptable and this beer is low carb and calories.

Bottle (341ml). Lord bless the LCBO singles bin. Looks like ginger ale with a small freakishly white diminishing toxic waste head (gets 2 pts for bubbles). MDS nailed this one - vaguely of stale apple juice, then mostly like water that’s been in a brand new cheap garden hose in the sun all day. Yuch. Tastes exactly the same - PVC, pool water, tonic water - this is beer? Mouthfeel fizzy, sharp, chemically. I guess this is sugary - mostly it’s toxic. Avoid unless you need the rating. Off to rinse my mouth several times.

bottle. fizzy yellow body with a tiny white head that quickly fizzes away. aroma is apple juice, plastic, chlorine, and grain. sweet body without much else...I guess it fits the bill for those people that like flavourless stuff. carbonation is high, like tonic water.