#Merica!

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

Lager - Premium Rotating Out of Production

Score

6.80

ABV: 5.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 6

Light gold in color, #Merica! is an old-school pre-Prohibition American Lager that was brewed in 2015 for the Annual D4th of July party put on by the Minneapolis-based punk band Dillinger Four. One of the only beer styles truly born in the U.S.A, pre-Prohibition American Lagers used corn as an integral part of the flavor profile, rather than as a simple substitute for barley malt. The flaked corn used in #Merica! comes across as a subtle, fresh corn flavor, while soft hop aromatics come from Warrior and Willamette hops, which add a mild fruity, herbal character that stays in the background. #Merica! is perfect for a hot summer day and celebrating the country’s birthday and 21 years of Dillinger Four.

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7.9

superspak (10209) reviewed #Merica! from Surly Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/23/2017. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of pale malt/corn and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt/corn and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is delicious pale adjunct lager style. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt/corn and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very flavorful for the ABV. Over hopped as I expected, but it's not drastic. Nice clean barley flavors and balanced earthy hops. Not overdone on the adjuncts. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example.

Tried from Can on 25 Mar 2018 at 23:50

5.4

djd07 (26386) reviewed #Merica! from Surly Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can at GABF. Pours a clear gold with small white head. The aroma is grass, skunk, corn malt. Medium body, skunk, corn, grass, bitter finish, decent.

Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2017 at 11:39

7.4

patrickctenchi (4989) reviewed #Merica! from Surly Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Can: Slightly hazed, very pale golden-yellow with a frothy white head. Barley, corn, honey scent. Taste is malty with a pilsner-like bitter. Strong grassy hops, hay, grain malt. Nice.....solid body, big flavour.

Tried from Can on 27 Jul 2016 at 17:33

7.4

shrubber (14989) reviewed #Merica! from Surly Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Honey, corn/barley malt, and green grass aroma. Yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet barley malt and moderately bitter herbal grass flavor. Nice body. Good hoppy lager.

Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2016 at 21:10

6.5

cuso (14138) reviewed #Merica! from Surly Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can kindly shared by Filip K. Pale golden color with minimal white head. Corn, metallic notes, light citrus hops in aroma. Taste, corn, malt, light citrus hops. Medium long hoppy bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2016 at 11:45

6.5

Travlr (30256) reviewed #Merica! from Surly Brewing Company 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sample at the Great Nebraska Beer Festival. Pale golden yellow color, fluffy white head. Aroma of lightly peppery cereal. Taste has straw and cereal. decent.

Tried on 24 Aug 2015 at 09:24