 shendrix (435), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 7, 2008
What the hell were the fellows at Lakefront thinking when they put this weird shit together? Were they simply trying to tap into the "wheat allergic" crowd? Looks like piss and tastes like a bland piece of white bread soaked in tap water.
realbama (28), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Aug 26, 2008 This beer tasted of nothing. Strong yellow in color with no head. Since it tasted like nothing, there was no aftertaste. So......
SpringsLicker (1816), Tennessee, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Thanks to buckybeer for this one!
Clear pale yellow with an average sized fleeting white head.
No aroma.
No flavor.
It’s wet.
Glad it wasn’t infected.
swoopjones (1106), Buffalo, New York, USA
Aug 15, 2008 bottle. one of the least drinkable beers ive ever encountered. perfumy. Pours a pale sparkling yellow. Taste is basically undescribable but undrinkable IMO. Glad I dont have to rely on these type of beers
DarkElf (2650), La Jolla, California, USA
Aug 12, 2008 20-Mar-08 (12-oz bottle, Brewed July, 2007: Purchased 23-Dec-07 for $1.59 at the Pizza Port Bottle Shop in Carlsbad, CA) Possibly the most requested gluten-free beer at my store, it’s good to finally see some local distribution. Sweet, fruity nose combines the scents of apple cider, peach, apricot and grape with wine barrel oakiness. It smells too much like fruit juice though, so it’s good that the flavor is significantly different. Unfortunately, though still a bit fruity with light sweetness, the flavor is just plain weird and makes me wince. I’m strongly reminded of white wine barrels, but more accurately, this beer tastes like the brewer aged a cheap pale lager in a white wine barrel. There’s no noticeable contribution from hops, and I have to wonder if a nice hop profile wouldn’t help the flavor tremendously. Medium in carbonation, but the bubbles are large and rough on the palate. Without hops bitterness, the palate quickly becomes stale and begs for a toothbrush. Clear, pale-golden body is briefly capped by a small, white, very bubbly head that crackles as it rapidly dissipates. Overall, it has an fun, interesting nose, but the pale lager/white wine barrel combination just doesn’t work for me. For all the hype over this beer, usually praised by customers as the best sorghum-based beer on the market, I think Bard’s Tale is much more palatable.
thejoeshow (106), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Aug 7, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours a very pale light yellow color with a fizzy white head the sounds and reminds me of soda. The white head that is produced withers and dies very fast not even leaving a lacing ring or anything to remember it by. The aroma is almost in two parts. The first part is real brief but it is there. It reminds me REALLY QUICK of a beer that I might drink. Then part two kicks in and it smells like apple vinegar. Not really what I want to think about when I go to take a sip. Now the weird part is that it is not a horrible tasting beverage. The flavor has it’s moments but it is sort of bland as a whole. The body is a bit thin but I’m not going to hold that against it. There is a slight warming sensation I get after my sip that shows up in the back of my throat. I would not make this a regular drinker but if there was no possible way to ever have real barley beer again, I guess this would do...let’s hope the world never come to that.
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