Big Flats 1901 Lager Beer and Big Flats 1901 Light

Big Flats is the new Walgreen's store brand beer.  It says it is brewed by Brewmaster's Choice of Rochester, New York.  I hear that it is contract brewed by Genesee.  The can says, "It's the water that makes it".  Well, that is true as far as it goes, as you could not make it without water.  Let's check out the beer.  It now also comes in Light.

The beer pours a light, pale golden in color, with a quarter-inch of foamy head that dissipates rather quickly.  It is amply carbonated.  The aroma is fairly light, sweet, a bit of malt grain, and a slight hint of green apple.  The taste was better than expected.  It does drink very light, but has some malt, cornbread, and a touch of hop bitterness.  Many beers of this "caliber" have metallic, sour, heavy green apple or other off tastes and aromas.  This is a solid cheap American adjunct lager.  I would take it over most beers of its price range, but also over Coors Light, Busch, Budweiser, etc. on most days.

Light - The beer pours straw golden in color with a half inch of tight and vigorous white head that leaves a fair amount of lacing down the glass.  It has a whirlwind of carbonation in the glass.  The aroma is very light grain, corn, with a light grassy/floral aroma that approaches, but does not arrive at, light green apple.  The taste is very light grain and very light lager hoppiness.  The head settles down to a creaminess over the slightly watery mouthfeel of the beer.  Of the two, I prefer the regular.