Deluxe Spring Lager
Silver City Brewery & Taproom

Deluxe Spring LagerDeluxe Spring Lager
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Silver City Brewery & Taproom
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.24 | pDev: 7.1%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
3
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 31, 2013
Added:
Mar 29, 2012
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3 by mbw314 from California

Mar 31, 2013
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Reviewed by ThisWangsChung from Maryland

3.16/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
My first beer after my bout with a cold! 22 oz bottle into a pint glass.

A: Pours a semi-dark straw color with good clarity. The head is a three finger white shade. Not unexpectedly, it fades fairly quick and doesn't leave a lot of lacing on the glass.

S: There is a notable corn character here, thankfully it doesn't quite rub me the wrong way as it does in BMC offerings. Some light hoppiness helps balance things out well enough.

T: This actually works reasonably well given its style for a couple reasons. One, the corn character has a light 'spiced' quality to it (just like flagmantho said, it's eerily reminiscent of nutmeg), and two, the midtaste and finish isn't nastily sweet like a typical macro lager - I'd even call the finish citrusy at times. Still, it does get fairly sweet after a while. There isn't a whole lot that's terribly interesting here, but it's certainly refreshing.

M: Not as dry as I like my lagers to be - I'll blame that on the questionable freshness rather than the brew itself. Carbonation is pleasantly high.

O: This might be as good as an adjunct lager gets. Because of its inherent style, it'll never get high marks for complexity or boldness of flavor, but this would make a great lawnmower beer regardless. I have a minor problem with the bomber format, though; mainly because this would be perfect as a cheap-ass 6 pack of tallboy cans. That, and I can't get it in MD without trading.
Mar 28, 2013
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington

3.55/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 22oz bomber into a pint glass. The brewers say this a is a pre-Prohibition style lager brewed with flaked corn, which I think qualifies it as an adjunct lager.

Appearance: light golden hue with a touch of haze and a light effervescence. Head is a thick finger of pillowy white foam. Actually not too bad!

Smell: light malty aroma with a hint of grain and a light spiciness. There's not that creamed-corn aroma that some corn-adjunct beers have, which is welcome; instead, the corn is presenting as more of a spicy character (think nutmeg). Interesting.

Taste: malty, with a definite nod to the corn contents. Strangely, it doesn't taste of creamed corn or corn pops or any of that; it's just got a light, pleasant sweetness. Not bad.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and a surprising creaminess. I really like it.

Overall: this is probably as good as it is ever going to get for a corn-based adjunct lager. Normally corn is my least favorite adjunct grain, but here it actually works.
Mar 29, 2012
Deluxe Spring Lager from Silver City Brewery & Taproom
Beer rating: 3.24 out of 5 with 3 ratings