For Urban Alley's core range lager, the brewers have restricted themselves to a single hop and single malt – pilsner malt and German Hersbrucker hops. In other words, it's one where the style's traditional roots rather than New World twists are to the fore.
It's a combination that imparts some floral and spice aromas atop a lightly sweet malt backbone for a beer that's comfortably best ordered by the pint.
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