Sleeman Light - Sleeman Breweries Ltd.

DoctorStrangiato

Alberta (Canada)

4.18/5  rDev +43.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Poured a 341-ml bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance - decent yellow colour with thin, disappearing head that leaves just a few surface bubbles.

Smell - fresh-scented grassy malts.

Taste - very good flavour, malty barley with some refreshing thin hop flavour at the end.

Mouthfeel - very smooth and enjoyable.

Drinkability - my #1 session beer. This stuff has enough taste to satisfy, refreshing character, and low alcohol content so you don't feel bad after several. A great go-to beer selection that I would recommend over and over.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2009 12:25:22 | More by DoctorStrangiato

Whatup14

Quebec (Canada)

1.25/5  rDev -57%

04-17-2013 15:01:05 | More by Whatup14

RedAleMan

Ontario (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -5.5%

04-06-2013 01:10:33 | More by RedAleMan

sbarre

Ontario (Canada)

2/5  rDev -31.3%

12-29-2012 17:58:25 | More by sbarre

Tone

Missouri

3.43/5  rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear, gold color. 2/3 inch head of a white color. Good retention and slight lacing. Smells of pale malt, slight hops, hint of sweet malt, and a hint of corn/rice. Fits the style of a Light Lager. Mouth feel is sharp and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of corn/rice, pale malt, slight sweet malt, and slight hops. Overall, good appearance, decent aroma, and decent body.

Serving type: on-tap

10-11-2012 13:33:53 | More by Tone

papat444

Quebec (Canada)

1.85/5  rDev -36.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Poured from a 341ml. bottle.

Appearance: An eggshell white head with a bright, clear, very pale yellow body.

Smell: Aroma of cereal and corn. Not too bad.

Taste: Like diluted beer mixed with stale cereals and a tinge of sweet fruit.

Mouthfeel: Flaccid, dull, lifeless.

Overall: Pretty awful taste-wise. Not even refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2012 11:30:03 | More by papat444

jaslesp

3/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Well this beer is definetly the best light american lager. It's more golden than most of them and smells great but it's still below average. The taste is for sur above average. It has even more taste than other macro lagers. The mouthfeel is ok but there's nothing amazing about it. Overall it's tastier than most light lagers.

Serving type: bottle

08-23-2012 21:06:38 | More by jaslesp

JamesHenjum

Florida

2.88/5  rDev -1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Kept it in the can. Was outside at a get together.

S: Smelt like your typical light lager. Wet grain with slight hop on the end.

T: This beer surprised me a lot. It tasted pretty good for a light lager. It was still watery, but in a good way. Some malt and hops with a drop of spice on the end. Bit of sweetness too. The flavor is so light and yet complex compared to must other light beers.

M: Very refreshing. Good carbonation. Light crisp finish with no aftertaste.

O: I had this on vacation in Canada. I doubt they have this back home in Florida, but if they did I might pick it up. Nice light beer.

Serving type: can

08-15-2012 23:45:47 | More by JamesHenjum

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

2.05/5  rDev -29.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Drank from a bottle into a pint glass.

A- I drank this because it was gifted to me and a tick is a tick. Light straw yellow with a fizzy minimal white cap that left before i got to know it. no lace.

S- Sleeman Premium light smells like Pepé Le Pew, very skunky just like the regular version. Maybe some malts in here and very faded hops. All I really get is the skunked smell.

T- Well, the taste is slightly skunked as well but not as much as the regular version, hence, this being the light version. Grains and just a notion of hop presence. Some bready malts as well.

M- Thin and light but alot of active carbonation is heard and felt. Goes down very easy and would be better without pepe.

D- Not really, I finished my bottle because I was parched and needed some liquid but I would not willingly buy this for myself, or bring it to a party. I want to try this in Canada to see if there is a difference.

Serving type: bottle

07-01-2012 01:34:05 | More by onix1agr

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

2/5  rDev -31.3%

04-28-2012 13:23:44 | More by beerhunter13

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

2/5  rDev -31.3%

03-30-2012 03:36:29 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

oldp0rt

Quebec (Canada)

1.5/5  rDev -48.5%

03-15-2012 14:23:07 | More by oldp0rt

schopenhauerale

British Columbia (Canada)

2/5  rDev -31.3%

01-19-2012 06:00:38 | More by schopenhauerale

CoreyJKelly

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +37.5%

01-17-2012 04:00:07 | More by CoreyJKelly

irishkyle21

Ontario (Canada)

2/5  rDev -31.3%

01-16-2012 18:48:08 | More by irishkyle21

graybayou

Nova Scotia (Canada)

4/5  rDev +37.5%

11-30-2011 00:47:18 | More by graybayou

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.08/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

355ml Can

Appearance – Clear yellow colour with an average size fizzy white coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing and there is some fair lacing. The head lasted for around 4 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Grains, malts, corn, hint of caramel

Taste & Mouth - The beer has an average amount of carbonation. I can taste malts, grains, and and corn. There is also a bit of a caramel sweetness that gives this beer cream ale flavour. It ends with a grainy/corn aftertaste with a hint of sweetness.

Overall – Probably the best light beer on the market. It's not exactly packed with taste, but it's got more than coors/bud/etc. I can also get a case for around 20$ in Quebec which is pretty reasonable.

Serving type: can

11-07-2011 16:43:56 | More by spinrsx

Mit

Ontario (Canada)

3.35/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

So....this may be my first light beer review...LOL

a-Pours a pale straw colour with no head to speak of.

s-malty....slight yeasty smell...pretty non descript.

t-Hmmmm....not much there...slight malt edge...no real hoppiness. Very inoffensive.

m-It's good for a light beer. Not too watery.

o-Overall this is a decent light beer. I mean I'm not reaching for any light beer over a regular beer but this is great on a hot day.

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2011 23:08:46 | More by Mit

drinkininthewood

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +28.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 5

Good mass produced Light beers aren't easy to come by.

Served from a clear 341 ml bottle.

A- Nice gold color with a decent head of foam that dissipates leaving some lace. Not what I was expecting at all.

S- Aromas of Corn, slight citrus, somewhat sweet. On par for the style.

T- More of the same. Touch of grain, bready, sweetness, mild citrus, slight grassiness, very clean with minimal aftertaste (if any).

M- as expected, a little watery but good carbonation for the style.

D- Drinkable, good sessionable beer.

Overall I've had better...but not many. Sleeman Light completely surpassed my expectations. This is a decent light beer with enough character to make it a solid session beer and the best light beer in the mass production market.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2011 23:53:06 | More by drinkininthewood

Swedes21

Ontario (Canada)

3.23/5  rDev +11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Appearance - 100% crystal clear ale coloured beer, lots of carbonation. the head is a nice white fluffy in appearance. some nice lacing occurring as well.

Smell - crisp, light, some wheat, very refreshing.

Taste - easy drinking, actually pick up some sweetness to this beer. clean and refreshing, goes down light.

Mouthfeel - some carbonation added, not much. there isnt a lot of added value here.

Overall - this is a good session beer, very light, very good for day to day drinking. Thanks for the trade with spinrsx!

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2011 00:37:33 | More by Swedes21

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

3.4/5  rDev +16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Sleeman Light might as well be called Sleeman Bright, and might as well come with a lampshade. I like seeing beaming colour in a light lager - it makes me optimistic it hasn't been diluted of all its character. And untarnished clarity is always a good sign too.

There's no disguising the fact that light beers are intentionally emasculated versions of classic European-style lagers. Usually this neutering amounts to a beer that is in every way "precisely wrong" but the odd time a brewery will find a way of getting it "vaguely right", which is much preferable but also much rarer. This may be one of those few successes...

Most brewers consider "light" lagers to absolve them from having to add any flavour and basically give them carte blanche to dilute the beer with as many adjuncts as they please. Make no mistake: many of the world's worst beers are light (or "lite") lagers. And don't think that this is just coming from personal opinion - it's a cold hard fact. Check the reviews.

And it's easily evidenced by the plethora of light lagers on the market that reek of foul, cheap fermentables, sully the palate with cloying chemicals, have no colour or character less the off-putting flavours that arise from prioritizing profits over integrity. This beer, while not exonerated of all wrong doing, does not offend. And that is a big improvement.

I might as well admit that I like the taste, provided it's served on the cooler side. There isn't much flavour perceived, no, but it is agreeable and has an authentically grainy quality about it. The aroma is neutral and, like the body, is devoid of anything perceptibly synthetic. It has a very clean mouthfeel too and qualifies as refreshing in my books.

The impossible has happened: I've found a light lager that I actually don't mind drinking. It may not be something I'd willingly pay for, but I find Sleeman Light quite approachable, certainly much more so than most other offerings in this style. If I had only the limited selection of commercial lagers at my disposal, this would be a brainless choice.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2011 00:05:20 | More by biegaman

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.1/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500ml can poured into pint glass july8 2010

A clear pale golden with decent carbonation and a fast falling fingers worth of head that left no lace

S mild grassy hops and some corn

T not far from the smell, nothing special but nothing offensive

M thin and lots of bubbles about what I expect from a light macro

D pretty easy to drink at the end of the day, no problems just a basic light lager

I picked up some single Sleeman cans just for a try and they were better than I thought they would be. I did think they would be awful so when they turned out average I was pretty pleased.

Serving type: can

07-09-2010 17:04:41 | More by wordemupg

canoehornpoint

Pennsylvania

4.03/5  rDev +38.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Medium to darker gold, rich white head quickly disappated. lower than usual carbonation. Aroma is sweeter malty/gristy and a bit earthy. As I suspected, a lighter version of the Silver Creek lager. Clean crisp, sweeter maltiness that has a bit of gristy adjunct but not in excess. Very high quality for a light lager. These would go down very easy on a warm day as they are light and crisp but high quality.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2010 02:07:51 | More by canoehornpoint

TheTrevor

New York

2.98/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

This beer poured a fizzy yellow with a small head. The smell is mostly corn adjunct with a tiny bit of grassy hops. The taste is very close to the smell, nothing too exciting but not horrible for a light beer. The mouthfeel has the right carbonation to be incredibly drinkable. Not a bad beer if you have to drink something light, and it comes in fancy bottle with a maple leaf and a beaver on it.

Serving type: bottle

04-13-2010 02:10:02 | More by TheTrevor

nighthawk

Nova Scotia (Canada)

3.45/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

341mL bottle with no freshness date poured into pint glass.

Pours a clear yellow with lots of carbonation feeding a fizzy, two finger initial head. Head fades quickly, leaving a scant haze and no lacing.

Aroma is cooked corn, a touch of honey and a bit of grassy hops. Subdued, but not surprising given the style.

Taste is more cooked corn, a hint of steely biscuit, honey, touch of apple, and some mild grassy hops to finish it off.

Light body (duh) with ample carbonation. Feels pretty good in the mouth, crisp and refreshing.

Drinkable in the sense of easy to consume. Crisp, refreshing, just enough flavour to make it worth trying again if offered.

Serving type: bottle

12-13-2009 21:42:34 | More by nighthawk