This is an interesting looking lager, bearing the title of 'Pistonhead'. According to the can, it is a 'smooth brew for the laid-back hot rodder'. Interesting angle I guess... to predominantly target yourself at an ever shrinking crowd of gearheads. I do like the design on the can, and it is striking, and I am a bit of a petrol head myself. This beer is from a mecca of motoring, where you ask? Not Detroit. Not Bathurst. STOCKHOLM. Yes that's right, it's bloody Swedish!
Pistonhead's 'Low Ridin Lager' pours a completely transparent yellow, looking slightly tacky to be honest. Doesn't look appealing at all. There is a slightly fizzy lager head, but that's about it. The taste is very light, and clean, and the prominent flavours are malt and honey. The afertaste is heavily hopped for a lager, but it is too little too late. It hasn't been tuned properly, the engine stalled off the line, and by the time it has shifted in to gear the flag has already been waved.
Pretty disappointing beer really. It's fairly easy to put down, and would go OK as a summer beer, but for a land that doesn't experience summer it kind of renders itself unnecessary. Frankly it isn't good enough to be a major imported beer, I believe they have a wider range so I hope to high hell some of those are more leadfooted on the throttle.
4/10
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