Lucky Lager
Lucky Lager was introduced to beer drinkers in 1934. The name Lucky was selected from a name-search contest. Fully fermented in Bohemian-style tradition and slightly darker in colour than regular brands, Lucky uses select ingredients and hops to deliver a slightly sweeter taste than most lagers.Short version of the Lucky Lager story: the brand was founded by General Brewing in California. This was folded into a consortium led by three BC breweries. General Brewing later split off from the consortium and was eventually brought into the Pabst fold. The BC breweries later became Labatt's and thus there are two lines of ownership of the Lucky Lager brand. The brand is today more prevalent in Canada, especially British Columbia.
1.7
173 reviews
, Canada
Community reviews
Cool logo, and iced cold from a tall boy drinkable. No real flavor, zero head, and slightest hops. I don’t think Early Grayce would drink the Canuck version of Lucky Lager.
Known coloquially as "da luckies" e.g. I’m going to da store to get da luckies. This beer is shitty. 355mL Can, 5%, reviewed straight from can. Pale lager that doesn’t even stand up to awful macros like Canadian or Kokanee. Taste like corn and malts left out near a hog farm.
I have to write a review in defense of Lucky Lager since there is so much negativity here. I believe that most opinions of this brand are based on the price and lack of catchy marketing tactics. I pay less than $1 per can or bottle locally. However, it is on par with any product from the "mainstream" north american breweries and it far exceeds most. It’s certainly not my favourite beer but I always keep a case in the fridge for my big brand beer drinking friends. Try this beer with an open mind and perhaps even set up a blind taste test along side of bud, blue, canadian etc. You may be surprised.
355 ml. courtesy of Shane Bergman. Aroma is faint, some malt hops. Taste is faint- malt, little hint of grains, little to no hopes detected, and faint hints of cream corn. Watered down; nothing on the palate. Not a lot of flavor- but easy to drink. Better than most cheap, mass produced American beers. I come from a town (on the island) where people drink this stuff like water; so I tried to be respectful.. Just so little to this beer. I guess it’s drinkable, but overall meh..
Had the pleasure of revisiting this at a bar in Victoria on Monday. Thanks for reminding me of the rancid think you guys do with water and have the audacity to name beer. It reminds me of my misguided youth and makes me want to run outside and see if there are any election signs to steal or fences to jump in seek of midnight trampoline jaunts. I’m feeling lucky. Are you, punk?
vancouver island original. there are better beers for sure but there’s no better way to fly an islander flag than pop one of these!
Originally from Vancouver Island this beer was the stuff of low budget youthful adventure.
I sampled this beer again in appropriate circumstances, in an icefishing shack selling christmas trees for a local charity, it was below -40C with wind chill.(poured from can)
Nostalgia aside: On pouring it has a small white head, it is a very clear yellow, it looks like a typical canadian lager. It has perhaps a very small malt aroma, I cant smell any hops. It tastes like not very much, a very slight malt flavour, not very forward at all, hardly any noticeable bittering from hops. It is highly carbonated and feels like it in the mouth. There is very little discernable hop character. I finished it, but it definitely reminded me why I like to be sure to pick up my beer before the liquor store closes and I am relegated to the vendor.
Had many of these on Sunday at a friend’s... drunk from the can. Didn’t get sleepy at all, as a heavier beer would have done, so I’m reminded a bit of why the pale lagers remain popular.
A bit tangy, but other than that this had very little flavour. Smells like corn. Reminded me a bit of a poorly made Italian pale lager. Really feels like it was made in a factory.
Straight from the can at a neighbour’s house, and I only accepted it to be polite. Awful. Awful is too nice a word for this watery, bitter dreck. I worked at a liquor store once and have a memory etched into my skull of this picture-perfect jock slamming a 24-pack on the counter, looking me in the eye and saying ’This is -such- good beer,’ with every iota of his soul. More evidence that North American lagers are brewed solely to console insecure girly men.
355ml can pours a pale straw color with a small white head that leaves no lacing as it settles. Aroma is light grains and hops. Taste is cheap grains and horrible hop bitterness which lingers. Below average macro lager.
Yes, I scored 100% for this beer. I love it, From the crisp cheaply imported aluminum tab as its snaps open letting your nostrils be the first to know just how beautiful the fusion of beer and cheap really is., Followed gracefully by the taste and feel of the cold , almost erotic splume as they cascade over your already salivating tongue and lets you know "I ... am .. truly beer". The after taste is the most splendid engagement as it lasts merely for eternity, however, it is a taste you wish would last longer.
If you dislike this beer, you should probably talk to a doctor, because you may have syphilis. or retardation.
Originally reviewed Jan. 11, 2007:
oh my lawrd. only way to get any head from this is to pour from a minimum 4' above glass. disappears instantly. colour is like what i urinate after a day of only consuming water. smell is identical to the can it came out of, and i may be wrong, but perhaps the can was handled by a vagrant with wet dog on their hands. taste is, not much of anything. beer? no sir. i don't think so.
Originally rated May 2005. Says on the can that this brew is inspired by an original California recipe. Pours a pale golden colour with a fizzy white head. Quickly dissapears and no trace of lace. Carbonation is crazy like ginger ale soda with big bubbles at the bottom of the glass and very active. Even the head going down does the sound of the ginger drink after pouring. Fzzzzzz. Aromas of malt seems normal. Not much in the taste. Just light malt in the background. Perrier water mouthfeel. Refreshing for students and their bank account... but horrible for people looking for a beer. Just not there.
355ml can pours a pale straw color with a small white head that leaves no lacing as it settles. Aroma is light grains and hops. Taste is cheap grains and horrible hop bitterness which lingers. Below average macro lager.
It’s too bad there isn’t a zero on this rating scale for this beer. It’s awful. Really bad bitter aftertaste.
Lager yellow with a vanishing white head, grainy corny aroma. Taste is all corny grains, some background bitterness. Not as sweet as most mass produced Canadian industrial swill. The value priced quaff of choice for the Island boys. LF (Lagerboy Friendly)
Can. Claims to be from General Brewing in Tumwater. Found this blast from the past at a corner liquor shop in Kyoto. Had to try it. Spicy, fruity nose. Seems like a Belgian blonde! A bit corny, though, with sulfur and ass. Some citrus. Looks like one too, cloudy brilliant yellow nearing pastel witha thin head. Tastes like a mild Leffe Blonde: sweet, spicy, yeasty. What is going on here? Is this just so old that it turned barnyard? It is unpleasant, but after reading the previous reviews, I am certian it is better this way!
355 ml can from LCBO. Pours very pale in colour, not much head at all. Corn aroma and taste. Refreshing only in coldness.
A - Little to no nose A - Light yellow T - Sugary sweetness throughout P - Watery O - The smell itself gives me a headache.
bottle. Blech, sickly sweet adjunct aroma and taste. All sweet corn. Its really cheap though, so thats a positive.
473 ml can from LCBO. Pours a clear pale yellow gold with small white head. Aroma is corn heavy with maybe a hint of grassiness. Flavour adds a staleness that manages to make it worse than the aroma. Bit of a metallic finish. Bad.
this beer is amazing. i spent over half my childhood drinking this beer. if your looking for a good beer to drink this is the beer for you. they even have people playing hockey or fishing or having a bbq on their case’s so yuo know tis good for everything you want to do in life. now lets go get lucky tonight ; )
Of the handful of locally available low-cost beers, This one is one of the more tolerable. Price wise, and taste wise.
Leafy aftertaste, bitter and oily mouthfeel.
But like I say, worth the few bucks that get you 6 of them in a pinch.
This beer is ok for the price. Pours ok and it has a bit of flavour but it is nothing special.
Tastes like every other lager you can get, clean, watery, mild in flavor, but the game under the cap is the clincher.
Its’ not that bad! don’t let others’ rating fool you. if you are in the mood for a cheap brew that tastes OK this will fit the bill.
473 mL Can. Pale straw body with a frothy white head that settles to a clingy layer. Corn dominates in the aroma with grassy and floral notes and accents of old socks and bread crust. There is something else that stings the nose; I’m not sure what it is. Oh... It’s chemical. Sweet corn dominates the taste, there is some grass there too. The hops are a whimper at the most. Remarkably smooth in the mouth followed by a very clean finish; the only aspect that truly stands out in any way. OTOH I count myself Lucky to be alive and knowing I’ll be sampling far better beers.
Pours golden yellow with a very tall foamy head. Aroma is dull and light with a distinc corn aroma. The flavour is light and unoffensive with a sweet malty tang. This is a suprisingly good beer considering the price point. Way better than Canadian and much cheaper.
Hardly any smell at all, just a hint of malt and bitterness, but it doesn’t really smell like hops... a nice bit of head on pour that quickly fades, hardly any lacing. Actually tastes -good-, which means non-offensive, which you learn to expect from cheap clear lagers. Its actually fairly smooth, a bit of bite at the end of the sip, probably that bitterness you smell at the beginning. Not too bad actually, for what it is. I don’t mind drinking it if there’s nothing around but other peopls idea of beer.
Extremely pale with fake foamy white head. Clean and bland aroma of noble hop and malt/wheat/corn. Tastes wheaty-sweet at first and later develops a very unfortunate tinny and soapy feel and aftertaste. I guess there are hints of grape and lemon and sarsaparilla before the train-wreck finish sets in. My teeth actually feel sticky now. Gross!