Third Shift Amber Lager - Coors Brewing Company

secondtooth

Indiana

3.31/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Pours a clean amber-gold, with a nice head of fine white carbonation. Lace is loopy but unremarkable.

Nose is toasty and grainy, certainly not bad, but not unique or memorable.

Taste is crisp and toasty, too, with a very lightly hopped finish. Much better than the usual light adjunct lagers produced by these folks.

A highly-drinkable brew from the corporate side of things, and certainly a solid "gateway" toward more charismatic craft offerings.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2013 17:51:07 | More by secondtooth

cet128

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +21%

05-22-2013 17:31:48 | More by cet128

BryantForestry

Texas

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-22-2013 00:58:27 | More by BryantForestry

mralphabet

Virginia

3/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle poured into Sam Adams Perfect pint glass

A: Clear golden color with a good 2 fingers worth of head that disappears about as quickly as it appeared, with no lacing.

S: Sweet malts with just a small hint of hops, not much else.

T: First thing I'm getting is the sweet toasted malt, then pretty much the same at the end.

M: Medium carbonation, a little thin and dry in the finish.

O: Not a bad beer, pretty easy to drink and not a bad ABV, just not exciting enough to make it a session beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 00:08:02 | More by mralphabet

ericdailey

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +21%

05-21-2013 19:28:49 | More by ericdailey

Dank26

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-21-2013 18:54:14 | More by Dank26

bigpoppa67

Wisconsin

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-21-2013 03:15:07 | More by bigpoppa67

tfsimpkins

Florida

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-20-2013 02:27:18 | More by tfsimpkins

Tjvan2

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev +12.9%

05-20-2013 01:24:05 | More by Tjvan2

Moby

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-20-2013 00:05:01 | More by Moby

KerryCummins1977

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-19-2013 01:19:28 | More by KerryCummins1977

nickfl

Florida

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-18-2013 20:47:30 | More by nickfl

wiseguywood

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +21%

05-18-2013 16:48:12 | More by wiseguywood

elglueckert

Montana

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-18-2013 03:59:15 | More by elglueckert

NoProblem

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-18-2013 01:39:34 | More by NoProblem

Lewdd

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-17-2013 23:51:19 | More by Lewdd

Gmann

New York

2.8/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

Pours a slightly hazy pale copper color with a short dense white head that settled into a light ring.

The aroma is quite sweet. Noticeable grain sweetness is mixed with a caramel note. Aroma has a bit of a sugary scent as well.

The flavor is grainy sweet and has a caramel edge. There seems to be some corny adjunct flavor. There is an odd bitterness from the hops, grassy. Has a beefier malt presence over the typical Coors product. A bit of an astringent lemon tea flavor in the finish.

The feel is light to moderate with fizzy carbonation. Sweet on the palate with a dry an oddly bitter finish.

Better than fizzy yellow beer but not that good overall.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 20:47:49 | More by Gmann

BigGingDrinker

North Carolina

1.5/5  rDev -51.6%

05-17-2013 18:35:19 | More by BigGingDrinker

themantis13

Virginia

3/5  rDev -3.2%

05-17-2013 13:26:48 | More by themantis13

Aggro2012

Florida

1.75/5  rDev -43.5%

05-15-2013 13:09:47 | More by Aggro2012

WVbeergeek

Ohio

2.74/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25

Amber body it's third shift band of brewing amber lager, gold medal where? Clear amber body fizzy carbonation is all over the place the head is creamy textured and colored with large bubbles. Aroma has cooked cereal grains, corn and caramel coloring as the base malts somewhat earthy pungency in the nose...how is this stuff even on the same level as the Batch 19....it's a modern day lager that they want you to believe has been brewed by a band of brewers who are like brothers taking on the masses when in fact this is the masses brewing an amber lager to compete with Black Crown and Yuengling Traditional Amber Lager. Faint biscuit malt and caramel flavor with a hint of spicy peppery hops, not really bad in the flavors just in the sense of texture that it tastes like a mass produced product with a harshness that's hard to describe with loving and discriminatory words. It's just not that good and sales will project the same opinion especially for the price point this beer has I'm glad I found an individual can to review, not bad really after one it's not bad could a pour another in my glass, hell no. Overall impression is that the big brewers need to stop going pseudo-craft and go all the way and claim it as there's Miller can brew a great mass produced light lager why not a great IPA???

Serving type: can

05-13-2013 21:45:07 | More by WVbeergeek

jaxray8

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev +12.9%

05-13-2013 05:28:01 | More by jaxray8

xip

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev +4.8%

05-12-2013 19:31:18 | More by xip

greggy1972

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev +12.9%

05-12-2013 17:57:47 | More by greggy1972

Lare453

Florida

1.5/5  rDev -51.6%

05-12-2013 15:55:10 | More by Lare453