So tonight I was at the Chris Ledoux Tribute Rodeo as a food vendor. Not my usual crowd, but I do have "country" roots. My beer choices were Coor's Light in a plastic cup, or Coor's Light in an aluminum bottle. I haven't had Coor's light in...um...I have no idea when I had it last.
So, I had a couple (three? four?...Doesn't matter, there's not much alcohol anyway). When I drank my first one I tasted, you guessed it, BANANAS, and some graininess. Why is there banana taste in a light lager? Are there really fruity esters in a "Frost Brewed" (LOL) beer? Am I missing something? Is this common knowledge? I really wasn't expecting to pick that flavor up.
I'm home now and am hitting the homebrew to cleanse myself of my sins (not that I'm one of those uber-anti-BMC-Nazi types), so forgive what might sound a bit like a druck ramble.
So, I had a couple (three? four?...Doesn't matter, there's not much alcohol anyway). When I drank my first one I tasted, you guessed it, BANANAS, and some graininess. Why is there banana taste in a light lager? Are there really fruity esters in a "Frost Brewed" (LOL) beer? Am I missing something? Is this common knowledge? I really wasn't expecting to pick that flavor up.
I'm home now and am hitting the homebrew to cleanse myself of my sins (not that I'm one of those uber-anti-BMC-Nazi types), so forgive what might sound a bit like a druck ramble.