Dreadfully pale copper tone with a disappointing head, virtually no retention or lace and a somewhat sugary and malty nose.

Tastes give that typical earthiness of many gluten-free beers, and it lingers in combination with a syrupy, sweetness – nasty. The aftertaste is reminiscent of a Barbican lager from the 80’s. Lawrie McMenemy anyone?

In the end, the lager is much less offensive than the pale ale, because at least it resembles a typical American macro adjunct. As undesirable as that maybe, at least it strikes a familiar chord, and one can reject it based largely on known grounds. The pale ale takes things to an altogether different and unpleasant place, and opens up a whole new world of potential disdain. In that regard it’s doubly tragic.

Both this beer and the lager are exactly the kind of thing that suggests that a gluten-free diet is best served outside of the realm of ‘beer’. Widmer is a pretty poor brewery in my book at the best of times, and the Omission beers do not represent ‘the best of times’. Frankly nasty, both drain pours and ‘beers’ that one one only drink if one had little or no choice in the matter. Even then, I might pass completely.