Lasko Club
Pallid gold with a sparse cloud of fine particulates. The two finger cap is sheep's wool white and is the best part of the appearance. The micropitting upper surface descends slowly, leaving a decent amount of sudsy lace. The nose is no better than average. Not bad since most EPLs struggle to reach even that low bar. Lightly sweetish grain and musky hops are fairly well-balanced. This one has potential to be at least fair to middlin'. I spoke too soon. Lasko Club is as far from good as it is from 'spit it out' horrible. In other words, it's yet another Euro Pale Lager that will be forgotten about before my glass has completely drip-dried. If not before. Compared to an American macro lager, the flavor profile is sweeter (although not sweet), and hoppier (although not hoppy). Gotta be Saaz due to that telltale lemongrassiness. The finish is clean and is at least semi-crisp. Chill the living hell out of it and this wouldn't be bad on a hot day. The mouthfeel on a Euro pale lager should be light without being watery and well-bubbled without being fizzy. Bull's eye and bull's eye. I don't love it, but it works. Lasko Club is decent beer that might even be good beer if I could get it fresh from the source. It isn't anywhere near 'a hymn to the special moments in our lives', as the brewery would have us believe, but neither is it 'a funeral dirge in a glass' like many of its Eastern European counterparts.