Monday, April 18, 2011

Labatt Blue Light

First Brewed: 1983
Brewery Location: London, Ontario, Canada
ABV: 4.0%

History & Availability: It's Labatt Blue, except Light. What about it makes it "Light?" That, dear reader, is a mystery. Not nearly as well-distributed as the US

Appearance: Thinner than standard Labatt's. About the same color, but carbonation seems less active and as a result there's literally no head at all within a minute. It's actually surprising, usually even with beers that don't have any head retention at all you'll get a little fizz around the edges of the mug. With this beer there's literally nothing.

Smell: Much like Labatt standard, but missing most of that apple scent. Instead it's just iron. It's a subtle scent and doesn't particularly permeate the air around the glass, which is probably a good thing.

Taste: Again, much like the standard Labatt, this has essentially no beer taste to it. It's essentially Perrier with a yellow tint. However, unlike regular Labatt, there's a weird taste almost like rubbing alcohol that's hiding behind the soda water foreground.

Mouthfeel: Light and fizzy, again like soda water. It's rather unpleasant for me but for people who like soda water, I guess you wouldn't find it too objectionable.

Drinkability: Well, it's pretty good in terms of weight. Although I was looking around on the internet and found out that it's only 4 calories fewer per serving than Guinness. On the other hand it just tastes awful. So, 5/10 in this category I suppose, for being half-great and half-just-tastes-awful.

Overall verdict: D-. Avoid, even in favor of other light beers.

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