A Beer In Review - Cricketers Arms Lager

This Christmas past I was bestowed with a gift of 12 different bottles of beer. One for each day of Christmas as per the song? I didn't think to ask at the time and I feel as though the moment has passed to pose the question. Feeling it wasn't right just to drink the beers straight up I put them aside and was about my business. Now that the New Year has well and truly been rung in I have reached the point whereby a decision on the beer must be made, and after much pondering, I decided that once a week I will select one bottle to try. I'll waffle on about each beer for a time, then I'll give them a score out of five.

From next week on I anticipate changing this to Thursdays. Allowing you the opportunity to go out and Friday and source some of these beers for yourself, should you like the sound of them.

As this is my first of beer review, I'm not really sure how to format this so I'll just be making it up as I go.

Name: Cricketers Arms Lager

Alcohol Content: 4.6% (1.2 standard drinks)

Served: Chilled, straight from the 330ml bottle to my mouth

What it says-

"Cricketers Arms Lager is brewed longer to deliver an extra dry taste. Made with sun dried Australian malt and infused with Amarillo hops which impart an intriguing citrus character to the aroma and flavour. Best enjoyed icy cold."

What I says-

First glance: I thought I'd start with a lager, usually a simple no nonsense style of beer and the initial impression is that Cricketers Arms does not disappoint in this regard, very easy to drink.

Flavour: Enjoyable but weak. I'll take the bottles word for it about the citrus character or whatever.

Verdict: A non offensive larger. It seems like it would be a good session beer. With the weak flavour it didn't knock my socks off, but if it was cheap I'd definitely consider picking a box up to enjoy chilled on a hot summer's day (probably with the cricket on the telly).

Score: 2.5 bottle caps

For more info CricketersArmsBrewing.com

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