Originally turned on to this smooth, easy lager by seeing cases on sale for $12, Labatt’s Honey Lager has become a three season staple for me. If I see it for a good deal, I’ll grab a case without question. Is it very flavorful? No, not really. Is it some incredible craft brew? Absolutely not. Is Honey Lager an easy drinking beer for a warm day? Indeed.

Appearance:
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The beer pours as a beautiful deep gold color. There is a think fizzy white head. The color pairs with wonderful clarity to create a beer that whispers, “Drink me.”

Aroma:
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There is very little aroma at all, there is a very faint hint of sweetness (likely the honey). The aroma gets a few points for having no unpleasant smell, but that’s about it.

Flavor:
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The smoothness is what shines through most. There is a light sweetness and some detectable malt flavor. Hops may as well be absent from the brew, as there is no bitterness or hop flavor whatsoever.

Palate:
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While the mouthfeel is downgraded from a perfect 5 for being slightly overcarbonated, it’s otherwise fantastic. Overall, it’s smooth, aftertaste-less, and wonderfully refreshing!

Overall:
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This is what all you Miller and Bud drinker should be drinking. Smooth, easy to drink, and very refreshing. Walk away from the awful crap you’ve been drinking and take a step in the right direction… it will hopefully open some windows, which in turn make crack a few doors, and down the road you can be enjoying some 120 Minute IPA or Apollo.

I had intended on getting a few things up today, but a busy day of cleaning the house followed by a date with the Missus kept me from getting it all done.

Therefore… I am going to postpone the results until Monday morning and extend Beerfest through Tuesday. Honey Lager review and PA craft brewery piece on 3 of my faves (Weyebacher, Stoudt’s, and Yards) are still coming by Tuesday AM.

The site will then return to it’s regularly scheduled program… including reviews of Harry Potter, the new Rootbeer EP, JustMe, and more.

Since no one visits the site over the weekend anyway, I’m taking tomorrow off… well, not really… I’ll be cleaning the house more and spending time with the in-laws. For now, enjoy this:

Later on today is the start of the TPM Beerfest weekend, beginning today with a 10 in 10 post focusing on warm weather beers. Tomorrow, we’ll explore the latest offering by Troeg’s and Sunday’s beer with be Labatt’s Honey Lager. Stay tuned to get your fill of some good beer!

For now, I’d like to take a moment to promote a cause that is very near and dear for me:

This week, I decided not to layout what was getting published on the site when… because last week I was incredibly off. I can say that you can expect an interview with Heather from Kissing Cousins and a VBM update tomorrow. I have a whole bunch of reviews in the works, I’d expect UUVVWWZ to hit the site by the end of the week, maybe another one as well.

On the horizon: RAA review, The Young Werewolves interview, NSN review, JustMe review, and Culted review. Also, some great beers should hit the site, including Labatt’s Honey Lager, the newest in Troegs scratch beer series, and (per Harry “The Kid” Henderson’s request) Miller Lite.

For now, I leave you with this great joke that my father forwarded to me. It’s actually from Christianity Today’s daily joke email.

When Jerry Garcia died, he woke up and found himself on a stage on which a number of instruments were set up. A door offstage opened and in walked Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, John Lennon, Otis Redding and Buddy Holly.

Each musician picked up his favorite instrument and began tuning up.

Jerry walked up to Jimi and said, “Man, so this is what heaven is like.”

Jimi looked at him and said, “Heaven? You think this is heaven?”

At that moment, Karen Carpenter walked in, took her seat behind the drums, and called out, “Okay guys, ‘Close to You.’ One, two, three, four!”