BEER REVIEW: 435
BREWER: Forest Road Brew Co., East London, England
STYLE: British Lager
ABV: 4.1%
VESSEL: 440ml tin
DATE OF POST: 6th February 2026
SAMMY SAY’S…
You crack open the can and there he is; some bloke with a moustache and his pinkie in the air like he’s sipping champagne at a polo match. Beige and brown all over, like someone tried to make a pint look like a tweed jacket. Fair play, the design’s alright. Retro. Bit of charm. But then you clock the name: Posh Lager. And that’s when the confusion sets in.
Because let’s be honest, lager’s the people’s drink. It’s what you have at the footie, at the pub, at your mate’s BBQ when someone’s burnt the sausages. It’s not supposed to come with airs and graces. So calling it posh? That’s like putting a monocle on a sausage roll. You take a sniff. Smells like lager. Nothing fancy. No elderflower mist or bergamot nonsense. Just malt. Bit boggy.
First sip’s got a whisper of sherbet and some mild hops, which sounds promising until it all goes thin. Real thin. Like someone dropped a lemon sweet in a glass of water and called it a day. There’s a sour finish that tries to be clever but ends up feeling like a mistake. And once your taste buds settle in, it’s just watery. No body. No backbone. Like it’s trying to be posh but forgot to bring the flavour.
You sit there wondering who this beer’s for. Not for the bloke in the hi-vis after a shift. Not for the lass at the local with her crisps and pint. Not for anyone who actually likes lager. It’s lager pretending to be something it’s not. And that’s the real issue. If you’re going to call yourself posh, you better bring something to the table besides a fancy label and a moustache.
In the end, it’s a lager that’s forgotten its roots. And if you’re going to dress up like royalty, don’t show up tasting like tap water.
Sammy’s Rating: 38%
JYMI SAY’S…
I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised by Posh. Reason being is that I thought it was going to be f’ing terrible! Let me explain…
A 4%ish lager brewed in Britain will naturally fill me with fear. Firstly this kind of percentage is normally, not always, but normally way too low to bring anything to the party flavour wise. 9 times from 10 they will be somewhere between a damp squib and ruddy bloody awful. So Posh being 4.1% and stating very clearly that it is a British lager did not fill me with much hope at all, regardless of the name. I also think that the packaging is SHOCKING! Butterscotch colour? For a lager tin? Whaaaaat? Add in a dodgy graphic of a supposedly Posh dude and the huge name POSH… naaaaaaaa.
However, once eventually sipping, this brew was good ya know!!
There is good amount of flavour here seeing the low percentage and British water. A touch of lime and tickle of lemon get’s the drinker to raise an eyebrow in surprised approval. A very easy beer that as mentioned, pleasantly surprised me.
Not bad at all Forest Road, I have to say.
Jymi’s Rating: 75%
MUSE ON BOOZE RATING: 56.5%
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