Razor Edge Australian Style Lager

I found this in the back of my cellar behind some aging Lost Coast Eight Ball. Not sure how long it has been there or when I got it but if must be over three years old. Poured gold with almost no head. Nose of stale malts and floral hops. Fizzy mouthfeel. Flavor was bland. I suspect this was a crappy beer to begin with, and made no better or worse by age. I wonder if this was something Trader Joes once sold.

(12 oz bottle: Wine Time in La Jolla, CA) Oh my God, look what I found in the 99 cent section of the beer cooler in this place. This store is always good for finding some obscure, retired, (supposedly) crappy beer, and that’s what I’m expecting with this beer too. Okay, well it pours a hazy, medium golden color, so that’s darker than I expected, but there’s also some nasty-looking brown sediment that’s not precipitating out of the beer. The head is small and whitish in color, but it is managing to hold onto a thin, partial layer atop the beer. It smells like a pretty awful lager that’s seen too many years in the bottle, which of course is entirely appropriate. But at least the flavor isn’t hideous. Well, actually, it’s pretty bad. It’s mostly just cheaply grainy, but also lightly sweet, strangely spicy, and a slight bit earthy. Body is light, but not crisp because of the age. Sorry for some disappointing news, but I think I bought the only bottle of this rare gem, so there’s no need for my local buddies to run over any grannies trying to get this beer.

Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy medium yellow, particles of all sizes, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (cookie), lightly hoppy (flowers). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter, slightly husky. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. A bit grainy in the finish, and the sourness isn't to my liking, but the aroma is pleasantly malty and floral. Reminds me of a cream ale...smells/looks like an ale, tastes/feels like a lager.

Sugary, "cake-frosting" nose. Cloudy, murky-gold with floaties - not inline stylistically. Very little head. Soft and sweet malt with chocolate-chip cookie dough flavors. Mild carbonation. Slight bite of hops in the middle. Semi-dry finish; chewy sweetness lingers - raw bread flavors. Overall, seemed "green" and unbalanced.

Faint metallic aroma. Weak and thin but refreshing. No real flavor. Slightly bitter on the aftertaste. Overall, a boring beer.

Had this a Peculier Pub in NYC. A forgettable Aussie lager.

drinkable...thats all.

not a beer that sticks out, a very plane item.