I was recently at my beer retailer trying to choose some new beers to try. I spotted a six-pack of Lakefront Brewery Organic E.S.B. Excellent! ESB is one of my favorite styles, and we’ve written about other organic beers, including during a recent Session. In the cart it goes!

A few days later, I pulled a bottle out and poured myself a glass. I sat down at my computer to do some work. I took a healthy quaff…

That’s not an ESB.

What the heck? It turns out that five of the six bottles in the basket were actually Lakefront’s Cherry Lager.

Well, we’re generally not ones for fruit beers around here, but it’s been hot and I’m in the mood for something different.

It pours a nice lager color with red highlights. I barely get any cherry aroma at all but it definitely comes out in the flavor. Unlike some other fruit beers I’ve had recently, this one isn’t out of balance.

Not bad at all. A refreshing choice for the hot summer months.

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