Rogue Kells Irish Style Lager

Thin white top on an active golden body.(Czech.pils yeast...wow no Pacman) Mild, carbonated lager with a light sweet/tangy finish. Good.

Nice yellow color, and medium head. Light hop notes on pour. Very clean taste light taste. Wish I had a few more.

Deep blond pour with a large, foamy head that sticks to the glass, leaving chunky lace. A sweetish, pilsner grainy bouquet. Some indistinct citrus notes, sweet grains on the tongue, with some slightly herbal hues. A lightly bitter back mingles with the rest of the flavors. The finish lasts a while, but I wish it was drier. The lasting effervescence isn’t doing it for me. Soft carbonation levels don’t actually help the mouthfeel in this case. Usually, Rogue is pretty spot-on in my opinion, but this one doesn’t seem up to par with most of their line.

Behold, the most futile marketing in the world of beer. Woe to the man who tries to separate the very bedrock of Northwestern European brewing - that is, the fusion of Irish Beer and Guinness. No one hesitates for even a moment when thinking of the natural, cultural icon of the Irishman’s (or woman’s) drinking staple. Sure, there are other Irish beers, but they are precisely that: OTHERS. And so we have another other, American born, the Rogue Kells Beer with a charming Darbie O’ Gill kind of fellow on the front. A mottled, fuzzy white head rises from the pour, slowly filling up into a translucent amber liquod. The smell exhibits a slight booziness with white grapes, wheat, damp straw, Elmer’s glue stick, light pear and a hint of avocado, but overall quite weak and attenuated. The taste is similarly feeble, with a light crisp palate, white grape flavor, pear, a fistful of flowers and a buzzy but featureless, genderless sweet after taste. I rather like this beer (Guinness it is not) save for a distastefully plain finish.

Bomber from Total Wine. Brassy gold color with a decent white head. Aroma of pale malt and noble hop (Sterling?). Medium plus body with sharp, fizzy carbonation. Flavor is much like a golden ale - bready and bitter. Except the bitter is like Hallertau rather than citrus. Though there does seem to be a touch of citrus. Good lager.