Sitting outside in the freezing cold quaffing stubby brewksies before the high school dances back in the day, when climate change hadn’t turned our winters into the northern tropics, was our first experience with ice beers. Little did we know that the very condition we were drinking so fast to avoid, that being frozen suds (as opposed to the condition we were drinking so fast to experience, that being inebriation), would someday become a trendy beer option. We also didn’t know that freezing water in the beer increases the alcohol content in the remaining beer. That seems like a missed opportunity, like JT’s coffee bags, which the people at Keurig seemed to run with. Could have made some coin there JT, just saying.
After all that, an ice beer seemed like a logical choice to go with the hockey game. Although icing during the game is not what you want your team to do, icing an ice beer for the game may well have been the best part of last night’s Leafs fiasco.
So what is the story with this Laker Ice? Ice beer is supposed to have an elevated alcohol content, this one is only 5.5%. What did they start out with, a non-alcoholic beer? Is it ironic that a non-alcoholic beer is something an alcoholic wouldn’t drink, although they should, or is that just logical? Perhaps I need to consult with Alanis Morissette on the definition of ironic, but I digress.
Laker Ice. Minimum flavour, maximum chill, and very easy drinking. Not just smooth, past smooth. Slick maybe? No bite. no zing, no hops, just a hint of beer taste and a nice cold very smooth liquid. Being used to a wide variety of craft beer this lack of flavour was very noticeable, however despite the minimal flavour I did enjoy this beer, and it did have just enough flavour to be called a beer in my books. Easy drinking certainly, refreshing but in terms of a cold drink as opposed to a spicy IPA. I think they got the exact combination they were going for in this brew.
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