Geary’s OG Lager-Portland, ME

Why they called it OG is beyond me...anywho I am here to rate this fine lager brewed by Geary’s brewery in Portland, ME (The colonial one, not the hipster one.) Geary’s brewery, what I got from their website, was founded and incorporated in 1983, at that time there were only 13 micro-breweries in the US at that time Saint-Arnold’s being one of them, and after a few years got their first pints of beer sold to the “masses” (joke would have been funny if this was in MA, not ME.) you can go to http://www.gearybrewing.com/history for more info.

Now that intro is out of the way, time for some actual reviews, right off the bat as indicated by the second picture, the beer came out in a yellow color with very little head-foam. Yes, I did pour it right. Kind of turned me off, but the wheat-like smell you should expect in a lager pulled me right back in. when I first sipped it there was an excellent balance of wheat, hops, and bubbly texture, however despite the fact that the flavor is alright, the finish was a bit too foamy and not smooth as a lager was expected to be. although I would enjoy this with a chicken fried dinner, the whole experience is not really that far different than that of Coors light. A little disappointing, yes, but I would still recommend this brew to any craft beer lover ordering a chicken fried chicken dinner to go at puffabelly’s.