Taste Buds 160: Red Sox Beer (Narragansett Lager)

From the Brewer: We brew our lager with six row malt, seedless hops, corn from Iowa, our lager strain (the same one the brewery has depended on since just after Prohibition), and the purest water from Lakes Ontario and Hemlock.  Narragansett has the highest rating of all domestic premium lagers on BeerAdvocate.com, and received the bronze medal for American Lagers at the 2008 World Beer Cup. The Lager is old reliable.  It was the first beer brewed by “The Original Six” back in 1890, the bestselling beer in New England from the 1930s to the 1970s, and the official beer of the Boston Red Sox from 1944-1975. The lager and light beers are brewed in Rochester, NY at a brewery that’s been producing award-winning beers for more than 125 years. The bock and porter are craft-brewed in Providence, RI and Pawcatuck, CT.

The Beer Box Score

• ABV:  5%
• IBUs:  12
• Hops:  NA
• Malts:  NA
• Original Gravity:  NA

From Us:    You’ve probably never heard of Narragansett Beer unless you were born and raised on the East Coast.  Erik and Dusty crack open a tallboy can of this old school beer that’s making a comeback. Watch the episode then go out and get yourself a ‘Gansett!

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