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First Draft (Cans)
- Lager (other/unspecified)
- 4.2% ABV
- Label approved Jul 31
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St Elmo Brewing Company's Lager (other/unspecified). Label approved 31 July 2026; not spotted yet.
Lighter than 85% of the 2,708 Lager labels we've read.
From the label“CRISP, REFRESHING & EASY GOIN' First Draft is a simple lager in salute to neighborhood bookshops. The color of golden hour, the taste of a timeless classic. Crack it open under the shade trees, sip it with an old paperback, and enjoy. Cheers to a good beer and great reads.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 38–45°F (3–7°C)
- Glass
- Shaker pint: the plain bar pint; fine for an easy beer
- Goes with
- Pizza, Fried chicken, Nachos and game-day snacks
About 120–150 calories and 10–18 g carbs
About 80 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Lager. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 2nd of 6 labels we have from St Elmo Brewing Company. It is one of 74 lager (other/unspecified) labels approved in July 2026. Its label was approved 7 days after it was submitted.
A stylized starburst of green grass blades radiates behind the beer name "First Draft" rendered in large flowing script in red and yellow across the centre of the label. Four green stars scatter across the composition around the bursts and blades. The background is cream, with the brewery name in a yellow-green band at the top and burnt-orange regulatory text and a small line-drawn figure in the lower right; the colour palette is limited to cream, chartreuse, burnt orange, and red.
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: LagerBrewery: St Elmo Brewing Company