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Lancaster FranklinFest Lager 2.97 28

Lancaster FranklinFest Lager

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283.02/5.02.97/5.05.5%72.4Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Vienna style amber lager with a light copper color and nice malt sweetness. Rich, creamy and medium to full bodied, this lager uses seven different malts and three varieties of imported and domestic hops

Editor's note: A recipe formerly brewed by Independence Brewing in Philadelphia (defunct since 2000), and ressurrected for the 300. anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth by Lancaster Brewing Company.
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 Ungstrup (15336), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 13, 2007  
Draft at the brewpub, July 2006. An orange golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of malt, and hints of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of hops and citrus, leading to a slighlty bitter end. The mouthfeel is very smooth.


 hopdog (5606), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 27, 2007  
On tap. Poured a deeper orange color with a smaller sized white head. Aromas of bread, citrus, and caramel. Tastes follow suit with a light fruitiness. Thinner body.


 jcwattsrugger (5528), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 11, 2007  
on tap-pours an off white head that laces and gold/amber color. Aroma is medium malt, hops. Taste is mild medium malt-some sweet, mild hops. Mild carbonation.


 JoeMcPhee (5010), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
May 12, 2008  
Tap at the brewpub as the Festbier. Pale amber beer with a lightly flowery aroma. Soft sweetness as well. A little bit dusty and a little bit bland. Straw-like malts and some lingering floral hops. It seems a bit too similar to many of their other lagers.


 ž (4999), Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Pint @ Lancaster Harrisburg. Orange copper colored body. Slick, wet palate, basic flavors of cracked barley, sweet caramel malt, a touch of brown sugar and rye, similar smell. Nothing spectacular, somewhat simple, and a little coarse/grainy, which I don’t like so much in Vienna. Tasted really similar to the Spring Bock.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Mar 10, 2006  
Draft at Malvern Brew Fest. Bill Moore is now brewing at Lancaster, and Bill is known as a lager guy. I had an opportunity to chat with him at this fest, and I am very excited to try his beers as he brews them. His Awesome Ale recipe is one of my favorite APAs ever. This is one of his flagship recipes. It is dark straw colored, with some aroma notes of pale malt, honey, hops, and slight citrus. The flavor is bold and complex for a lager, with honey maltiness up front giving way to a bready fruity element at the finish.


 Rciesla (3719), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/55/103/59/20
Feb 11, 2009  
Draft. Amber body off white head. Malty body hints of grain, citrus, and nuttiness. A thin earthiness about it as well. eh.


 joss (3680), Garching b. München, Germany
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/510/20
Oct 19, 2006  
Tap@Philly Airport "Brewpub". No nose. Amber, creamy, offwhite head. Ok malty base, light fruity notes. Hayish, uninspiring.



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