Omission Lager (Gluten-Free) - Widmer Brothers Brewing Company

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.83/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Continuing the expansion of my gluten-free beer horizons. This stuff pours a clear pale straw topped by a finger of relatively short-lived lightly off-white foam. The nose is nearly nonexistent, though there's a wafting of pure cellulose, like the water dripping from a piece of split celery. I can't say it's necessarily a bad thing, just a feeling like they weren't at all trying here. The taste holds notes of light wheat, light flowers, dried honey, and a vague sense of something sweet-ish that I can't quite put my finger on. The body is a hefty light, with a light moderate carbonation and a watery feel. Overall, a pretty weak brew, one that seems to compound some of the negative things I've heard about GF beers.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2013 04:32:48 | More by TMoney2591

leprechaunandfatman

Illinois

4/5  rDev +25.4%

05-12-2013 19:02:23 | More by leprechaunandfatman

KFBR392

Illinois

3.69/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: a banana yellow color. Below average carbonation throughout. About half a finger of head on the pour which did not retain well. Pretty regular looking overall.

Smell: Bread, yeast, some fresh greens, banana peel, and some nutty tones. Very interesting, much more then I had expected. Light and sweet, really makes you stick your nose in and enjoy.

Taste: Some of the pleasant yeasty banana sweetness on the front on this brew. The body dissolves into a slightly lacking yeast presence which has a sort of hollow taste. Finish is an interesting sticky leafy greens flavor with some lingering yeast sweetness.

Mouthfeel: Clean and refreshing. Super easy drinking and very enjoyable.

Overall: A really solid brew. Nothing to run out and go get but if you can pick it up in a mix six some time I would definitely recommend it. Nice afternoon beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 19:23:35 | More by KFBR392

mikehillman

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-17-2013 02:41:34 | More by mikehillman

dmorgan310

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +9.7%

04-14-2013 21:43:28 | More by dmorgan310

mjurney

Texas

4.33/5  rDev +35.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance:
Golden color, a little haze. Lots of small bubble rising up. Bright white head.

Aroma:
Faint aroma... I'm picking up some spicy, bready, a little lemony.

Taste:
Sweet malts, bready, grassy, a little honey. Hop bitterness is mild, spicy-lemony. Clean and crisp finish. Body is light, crisp, refreshing, semi dry, well carbonated.

Overall:
Very good for a Light Lager.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2013 03:35:14 | More by mjurney

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev +9.7%

03-30-2013 22:39:37 | More by t0rin0

TheBigBoy

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -6%

03-30-2013 19:40:20 | More by TheBigBoy

puboflyons

New Hampshire

2.96/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

From the 12 fl. oz. bottle. Sampled on March 29, 2013.

The pour is an agitated, carbonated pale yellow with a small but lasting fizzy, white head.

The aroma is akin to a pilsener or Kolsch with a lot of grainy malts, grass, bread, finished with a crispy hop note.

The body is light and mildly smooth.

The flavor is grainy with a vague hope bite finishing things off. It really is nothing out of the ordinary but would be easy to drink on a warm day.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2013 23:39:38 | More by puboflyons

buckyp

South Carolina

3/5  rDev -6%

03-27-2013 23:03:00 | More by buckyp

bashiba

Iowa

2.96/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

Poured a dull clear yellow with almost no head to speak off, just a light white ring.

The smell is a touch grassy with a bit of lemon, very light.

Has a light grainy flavor with a bit of grassy mildly bitter hop finish.

The mouthfeel is water thin with a smidge of carbonation.

They did a good job of making a gluten free version of the a typical bad American light beer, but otherwise nothing to see here.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 22:15:03 | More by bashiba

harrymel

Washington

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

03-18-2013 22:58:29 | More by harrymel

jamiecoppin

North Dakota

2/5  rDev -37.3%

03-10-2013 17:30:30 | More by jamiecoppin

bacher468

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -6%

03-03-2013 13:48:57 | More by bacher468

Whatalesthetiger

New York

4.25/5  rDev +33.2%

03-01-2013 22:35:19 | More by Whatalesthetiger

jadams11

Virginia

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

02-26-2013 00:58:10 | More by jadams11

zbloom

New York

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

02-25-2013 05:29:04 | More by zbloom

mtbkjeff

New Mexico

3/5  rDev -6%

01-19-2013 22:24:51 | More by mtbkjeff

tastymug

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -13.8%

01-14-2013 00:59:19 | More by tastymug

dcperilli

3.75/5  rDev +17.6%

01-13-2013 04:12:14 | More by dcperilli

nickfl

Florida

3.41/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

A - Pours with a small head of white foam on top of a lightly hazy, golden body. The foam fades rapidly and leaves no lace.

S - A very light, grainy aroma.

T - A bit of lightly sweet malt up front, some grainy notes in the middle, and a finish of dry malt and herbal hops.

M - a light body, average carbonation, and a dry finish.

D - For what it is, it is actually pretty well done. It doesnt compare to a truly full flavored beer, Ii it is intended to be a gluten free substitute for light lager it's a home run as there is nothing about it that (other than the poor foam) that screams gluten free and I would say it actually tastes like real beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2013 06:14:59 | More by nickfl

tobelerone

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

01-10-2013 04:03:52 | More by tobelerone

bumchilly25

British Columbia (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

01-05-2013 02:07:30 | More by bumchilly25

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Pale brass colored, washy off white head that succumbed to total dissipation almost immediately after the pour. Visible effervesce was light, misty, while the lacing was sudsy and weak.

S: Pale lemons, moderate backing.

T: A bit washy, lemon, pale grain, fair crispness but nothing that really stands out. Tart lemon fade, not as good as the nose, pretty linear in transistion, rather mundane character.

M: fairly crisp being a stretch, one of the few highlights, a touch acidic, light bodied.

O: Overall an average drink. Really nothing to brag about, no chance at repeat, less chance of a reccommendation.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 02:32:29 | More by beerthulhu

Reidrover

Oregon

2.98/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

12 oz single from Roths Sunnyslope Market in Salem. $1.67 Actually quite nice looking for a lager golden yellow with a good sized bubbly white head. Fine honeyish,grassy aromas. OK Clean slightly grassy hop, semi sweet taste,perfectly reasonable. Mouthfeel is strange it starts OK but trails off to a wateriness..with a strange bitterness. Overall though an OK lager and a good gluten free.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 04:10:22 | More by Reidrover