North By Northwest Northern Light

Brewed by North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Austin, Texas USA

Date: February 22, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: crystal clear yellow, fine white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet cereal aroma with light floral hops
Flavor: sweet cereal flavor, touch of worty character, very low bitterness leaves it sweet
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4

Draught at the brewpub
Blond color. Very light aroma. Very weak mouthfeel, and the taste is only some cereals and light citrus fruits… Poor.

Pale faint golden color with adjuncty malt lager aroma. Grainy dry and watery body. Smooth, but that's about it.

Had on tap at the brewpub in Austin. Light, pale, straw colored pour with a thin white head. Not much of an aroma, a little fresh lake water perhaps. Flavor is rather bland, bit of a hoppy bent to it to differentiate it from the normal light lagers out there. Slightly buttery. About what I expected, mouthfeel is thin, slightly watery. Drinkable.

I’d rather drink Keystone, which has about the same taste. This beer is about $3 too expensive for what you get. Has a strange popcorn aftertaste. Avoid.

Pour is piss yellow with a thin dense white head...smells like corn...taste is mildly malty with a styrofoam peanut quality...quick finish, luckily...

Draft at the brewpub; poured the expected color of yellow; decent white head. Aroma of sweet malt, with maybe a hint of hops. Flavor was the same; slightly sweet, bready malt. Not too hoppy, but a definite upgrade over a macro. Noticed alot of people drinking it there.

Very light smelling, and I got a hint of apple juice and corn or grainy sweetness. Very light, a bit watery, but drinkable and for a pale lager, actually has a bit of flavor, and is much more satisfying than your standard pale lager, I thought. I could see getting this again if I was in the mood for a light beer.