Sunday Night Suds - Saranac Golden Irish Lager

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac Golden Irish Lager.

After reviewing the Shilling Ale last week (to see the review please click here - https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/06/sunday-night-suds-saranac-shilling-ale.html), I chose the other new beer from this past winter's Irish Roots mix box for this week's beer review. (To see the reviews of the old favorites Black & Tan and Irish Red, click on their respective links - https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2010/06/sunday-night-suds-saranac-black-tan.html and https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2009/02/sunday-night-suds-saranac-irish-red.html.

The Golden Irish Lager is European Pale Lager which means that it is intended to be somewhat like a macrolager in the style of Heineken. The Golden Irish Lager poured a straw yellow and had decent carbonation and lacing and was fairly clear in my pint glass.

The beer had a strong malty flavor which was not surprising and did not have any discernible hop bite. The bottle label indicated that this beer is 5.30% abv and although it did not taste like a light beer, I was surprised by that number. Much like the Shilling Ale, this beer is not obtrusive and worth a shot if you can find a single or a box on the end of season sale (these were brewed in December and their expiration dates are the end of June).

Saranac Golden Irish Lager is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, please follow this link https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/391635.

As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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