Lakefront Brewery's Eastside Dark

This is probably my favorite Eastside beer, but I don't suppose that's saying much.

Pours a deep, opaque but obviously lighter bodied brown, like a bock or rauchbier. Very good light tan head for a lager, which gets pillowy and stays around for a while.

Standard starkbier smell. More crisp than ales this dark, but more substantial than most lagers. Not as heavy as a bock, but slightly roasted and slightly bready.

Good, clean taste like many lagers have as well. Still somewhat bready with a slight roasted flavor, but lighter in body and flavor than a brown, which woudl be the closest ale in all categories. Overall a good beer. Nothing too sexy, but it would be a better go-to beer than many standards available in Texas.