Beer – #560 – Lakeman – Lahar
A Lahar of beer, a lyric of music, a counting of numbers and a storm of friends
Floral nose of passionfruit and Strawberry.
This is a 330ml bottle of beer, which is 5.6% ABV, making it 168 calories and 1.6 standard drink units.
Lahar is brewed by Lakeman Brewing Company styled as an American Pale Ale and they are in Taupo, New Zealand
Sunny Days, Tropical beers
Lakeman Lahar has blackcurrant and table grape aromatics.
A clean malt finishes like a force of nature with a rush of grapefruit.
A strange sounding combination I wonder what could go wrong?
There is a fruity aromatic on the opening.
The pour is of much darker and richer looking beer that I thought might have happened. Of head there was none.
There is something a little odd and unusual in the taste of this, for no reason I thought of straw. The bitterness is quite pervasive although it’s not puckeringly bitter, and then there is a gap where something else might be, before you get what I might best describe as an earthy mouthfeel. Which then becomes a front of mouth bitter lingering.
A bit peculiar.
I find this a bit peaky, the crash of bitterness is at odds and a bit too big to be pleasant, and then the odd missing middle, and the heavy pine resinous lingering after note, I don’t think that this is a beer for me.
I really don’t like having not to like a beer.
But you can’t like everything, and you have to kiss lot of frogs to find the perfect one. I think that this could do with a bit of work in lessening the raw bitterness of the hops and adding more malt balance, the finish and linger would work better. But then I don’t brew beer and what do I know. I certainly wouldn’t want this to be like every other beer that is available.
Of the style though this does have the hight bitterness and is the darker copper. I don’t know that I’d be comfortable having this as an accompany to a BBQ though.
The pdubyah-o-meter rates this as a 6 of its things from the thing. I just really not into it. A beer of mixed reviews as you’d expect, not ‘train wreck” nor “yum’ just somewhere nearer the lower end of the middle, in my opinion. Not a beer that I’d be rushing out of my way to find again.
I see where it was supposed go, and at least there was a vision. It appears to have got lost getting there.
The double dip review
- Am I enjoying it? Not really, it’s just too peaky and jittery.
- Would I have another? Not really, it didn’t work for me.
- Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? A beer that might start a fight rather than asset nine talking about one, it’s just not that good.
The Music-go-round stopped at Nicholas James Murphy, better known by his stage name Chet Faker, who is an Australian electronica musician.
I’m not too sure that it’s not music for a Cafe to be honest. But it wasn’t tragic.
AMERICAN PALE ALE
American Pale Ales are light in color, ranging from golden to a light copper color. The style of this beer is defined by the American hops used. American hops typically have high bitterness and aroma.This is a perfect beer for big fare like grilled burgers or combination pizzas, as well as lighter fare like sushi and green salads
A life just as ordinary 
This really is an odd APA – it’s kind of like a brown ale shaking hands with a red ale then staring at each other quizzically. Amazing? Not especially. Intriguing? Certainly.
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