I.C. Light
16 oz stubby "fireplug" bottle. This beer pours a crystalline, pale golden color with a suprisingly nice white head. The beer manages to maintain a small layer of foam from the large amounts of carbonation that bubbles up from the bottom of my large pilsner glass. It does not, however, produce any lacing, as the foam just slides back down to meet the liquid below. The aroma is very faint, with a slight salty corn aroma. Doesn't do much to make me want to drink it. The taste is much better than the aroma. There is a slight malty sweetness with just a twinge of grassiness. No extremely harsh graininess as in many macro beers, and it doesn't have a harsh aftertatse either. The mouthfeel is maybe a bit thin, but compared to many other macros it holds its own, especially for a light macro (something like 8 calories per ounce I beleieve). The carbonation does not agressively assault the tongue in this beer, and it actually enhances the mouthfeel. The drinkabiity is actually pretty good. I drank this a good bit in college because it was the only thing on tap at the only bar in town, Bubba's Bison Inn in Bethany, WV. But I could consider buying some of this for the summer months as a really cheap lawnmower beer. Several of my friends still choose this as their everyday beer, and I can understand why. Hard to beleieve this beer has been replaced by "The SIlver Bullet" in the Pittsburgh market. Truly a shame that advertising means more than taste these days. I was not expecting much from this beer, but it delivered a drinkable beer that has an element of actual enjoyment and refreshment from a regional american light lager.