Beer of the Moment: Session Lager

It's been an ongoing quest of mine to find a suitable post-workout beer. This is something I'd want to tuck into with relish after lifting weights or biking several miles. Ideally, I'm looking for something with the following qualities:

• Low to moderate alcohol content
• Highly flavorful, low bitterness
• Crisp, clean finish
• Reasonably priced

This has been surprisingly difficult. Most standard adjunct light beers would seem to work, but they have the misfortune of being uniformly awful-tasting. IPAs and pale ales tend to be a little too bitter and boozy, stouts and porters are generally a bit too heavy in the mouth.

On a whim, I decided to grab a case of Session Lager when I went to the store this past week. It was on sale, and the cute little stubby bottles are irresistible. Still, I thought I'd made a mistake - until I tried one.

Revelatory! The corn and rice sweetness that cloys in more mass-marketed lagers is here perfectly balanced against noble hops. Session Lager avoids the common pitfall of light lagers everywhere: being soda-like due to the overabundance of carbonation. Session's still plenty fizzy, but not too much so.

About the only knock I can give Session is that the packaging reduces the volume of each bottle to 11oz. A case of 12 is therefore equal to 11 12oz bottles.

Still, I think I've found the workout beer for me. Excellent work, Full Sail.