REVIEW 66: COORS LIGHT

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:  USA

BREWERY:  Coors Brewing Company

STYLE:  Light Lager

ABV:  4.2%

PURCHASE:  Draught (60-oz. pitcher), $8.00

SERVING:  Said pitcher, poured into chilled pint glass. About a one-and-a-half-inch head from tap to pitcher, roughly one inch even from pitcher to glass with a normal pour. A fast pour yielded three. Somewhat decent retention, believe it or not. 

APPEARANCE:  In Crayola Crayon terms: Body is adjunct straw bordering upon saxophone brass; head is G.E. phosphorescent light bulb white. Quite possibly the most transparent beer on the planet.

BOUQUET:  Semi-husky aroma, featuring primarily the generic grain typical of standard American macrolagers. The "cooked-veggie" smell is present. To its credit, there does seem to be a tinge of both hops and malted barley.

PALATE:  As you can guess, body is light--it's a light beer, duh--with seltzer-like carbonation, particularly in the front palate. Seems to proceed directly to a yeasty finish. No real hop presence, and barely any malt presence either. Comes off like carbonated yeast water at first. Aftertaste features more or less a split between yeast and notes of cooked generic vegetables--think veggie medley from your local T.G.I. Friday's. Not the most complex taste among beers, but to its credit, it still tastes somewhat like actual beer.

MUSINGS AND METAPHORS:  Well, it's not terrible. On the contrary, it's very, very easy to drink. That's . . . something.

As with most other cheap mass-produced brews, keep it cold and you'll be okay. And maybe, just maybe, you'll score a set of twins.




GRADE:  D