Brewery: Cosmic Eye Brewing*

Name: Open Hearted

Style: American Pale Lager

Origin: Nebraska

Bottle: 12 oz can

ABV: 4.6%

Appearance: A pale hazy gold

Pours: Simply enough if you’re not in a hurry. A 1/5” head was maintained throughout and so far has stuck around.

Smell: A creamy citrus upon being cracked open but unfortunately too blended in with the metal of the can. It is a lager so I’m not expecting anything strong or pungent here.

Taste: I did the mouthfeel first and that is counterbalanced by the sharp-sour of the taste. Well, perhaps that is too strong of a hyphenated word, this is by no means a culinary razor blade like the sourness of a Flemish or the sharpness of a double IPA, no, like a lager it is much easier going, more relaxed and laid back, like some bubble-gum pop played on a lone acoustic guitar, or a lighter more upbeat Ryan Ike tune(played on a lone acoustic guitar).

Mouthfeel: Not as thin as would be expected from the style, it has some milky smoothness (lactose sugars in a lager?!).
Which makes it considerably, thankfully fuller bodied than other examples of the type.

Rating: 8.6, When it comes to casual enjoyment I’m, biased against lagers. So to impress me they have more of an uphill battle to contend with than others,
(When making a critique I do try to the best of my abilities to be as impartial and objective as possible and drink to analyze. Enjoyment and long-term drinkability comes after but does have an affect on rating as the final influence on overall score.)
For this to score as high as this means this is an exceptional lager and yet, it doesn’t so much have what you might call flavor or complexity of body but more like the concept of such.
...So then, why rate it so high?
I’ll let you know after I’ve had a few sips...
Maybe a few more...

*Formerly a LaserQuest.