![]() The guys in the band became good personal friends of mine, so it was very sad when I heard the tragic news of the death of Woods… main man, David Gold in December, 2011. In the Summer of 2010, and in 2011, I was privileged enough to be the booking promoter for this awesome band while they toured the U.S. ![]() I ended up looking at the brewery name of Lakewood, and went with a Canadian band that became one of my favorite bands to ever book a tour date for. Metal Connection: Pairing this beer with a good Metal song was a bit of a challenge for me. It would be good to show the close minded that the Vienna Lager can be made by smaller, local breweries, and have a way better overall aroma and taste than the mundane factory line assembled beers of the big guys. Overall, there isn’t much complexity to this beer, but it is a nice, drinkable beer, which I would use as an introduction to craft beer for the mainstream beer drinkers. There is a nice dry feeling at the end of each drink which lingers a bit. The body of the beer is light, and the mouthfeel is a bit thin, but smooth. There is a mild hint of hop bitterness that hits the taste buds at the finish. The flavor is mostly all caramel, and sugary sweetness, just like the aroma. The taste of this lager is just as I thought it would be. For me, I could not pick up any hop aroma, or anything else other than the sweet caramel malts, but this is usual for this style of beer. The aroma of the beer is caramel heavy, with a nice hint of sweet sugar. There is a nice inch wide foamy, off-white colored head, which retained well throughout the session, leaving a fantastic amount of sticky lacing down the inside of the mug. Lakewood Lager pours a nice clear amber/rust color, reminding me of a glass of iced tea. I used a dimpled beer mug for this session. I as well, fall guilty of not normally liking this style of beer so much, but I found this particular beer rather enjoyable. Good examples of the mainstream beers are Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Negra Modelo, Dos Equis Amber Lager, Third Shift Amber Lager by Coors, Victoria, and Bohemia Obscura, just to name a few. Some mainstream beers are Vienna Lagers, which is why this style is frowned upon by many. Lakewood Lager is a Vienna Lager in style, which is a style not very popular amongst my craft beer friends. Lakewood Brewing Company makes some mighty fine beers, for sure. Even though we are in the same state, they do not get distributed down here to San Antonio, so I always look forward to new North Texas beers when I travel there. I have had the pleasure of having a few different beers from the roster at Lakewood Brewing Company, both in bottle and in draft form after a few visits up north to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. ![]() Metal Connection: WOODS OF YPRES – By the Time you Read this (I will already be Dead) ![]()
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