Review of Big Flats Lager Beer aka The Walgreen's Beer
Posted By Zach Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:07
Who knew Walgreen’s cared enough about beer to commission a brew of their own? Well, when I saw this gem of a sixer at the store for only $2.99, I had to give it a shot. The downside is I just assumed it would suck balls and I had to buy all six of them. No single can here. By my initial calculus, Walgreen’s + beer = bad idea. Read past the break to see if my math is spot on or I need to go back to school.
Taste: C On the initial sip, there really isn’t much here. This could pass as your daily swill from any of the macro makers. It does kind of remind me of Busch Light, but with a bit more metallic taste to it. Speaking of metal, I’m not sure if this is really old, but there is a big hint of metal to this swill. Maybe that is part of their special recipe. This also kind of reminds me of some crap I had in New York called Ginny Light. Big Flats does come from a brewery in Rochester, so maybe this is the same brewer.
Packaging: A- Whomever decided to make Big Flats clearly had a mandate to create a kick ass can no matter the cost. They went the route of so many malts and spent all their money on can design. They also added a shit-ton of writing like any malt worth its weight. Framing a nice picture of a grain wheel that appears to be levitating in a river are multiple sayings that are obvious BS. We have Premium Beer, 1901, Lager Beer, Genuine Brew, Brewed From Only the Choicest Hops and the best one: It’s the water that makes it. In my book, that is a home run!
Value: A Not a whole hell of a lot to say here. I mean, the shit is $2.99 for a six-pack. While the taste sure isn’t there, you can’t argue with something that cheap. If you are low on cash, you are in luck!
Drunkenness: C+ I really have no idea what this comes in at as far as ABV goes. Despite having almost everything else on the can, they neglected to include it. I’m basing this score on a guess of around 5%. Certainly something with this little flavor can’t be very high. Plus, since it tastes like Busch Light, I figured that was a good guess.
Overall: C The final rating on the old Big Flats had to come in at a nice average C, which is this beer to a T. The taste is fairly crappy, but not overly offensive. While I sure wouldn’t be drinking this around home for any reason, it would be a decent beer to take camping or to the track. Unfortunately, for the folks at Walgreen’s, the nice can can’t save their beer with a higher score. I’d say this is your beer if you like cheap, macro shit and don’t want to pay the premium for macro marketing.