Flat Earth Brewing Element 115 Lager

The Flat Earth Brewing Company is in St. Paul, Minnesota.  This beer is 5.5% ABV and is named after a mysterious element that supposedly allows UFO's to fly.  This is a California Common (steam) style of lager.  In the days before refrigeration, lagers out West had to be allowed to ferment at higher temperatures, resulting in this style.

The beer pours a perfect, clear, bronze/copper in color.  There is an inch of thick, creamy, foamy head, white to just off-white in color.  The aroma is malty, semi-sweet, roasted, toasted, and a touch nutty.  There is a yeasty element in the aroma that gives a fruit-like tartness.  The taste is richly malty and yeast, following the aromas quite directly.  The finish is a quiet battle between sweetness from malt and tartness from yeast, and very dry.  It is fully and crisply carbonated.  This is quite good, just a tad too yeasty for my taste.