Legion Lager came out of a 2020 collaboration between Ballast Point and San Diego Legion, the city’s Major League Rugby franchise. Released on July 1, 2020, it was built as a straightforward American-style lager: light, crisp, and easy-drinking, the kind of beer that works at a match, a tailgate, or a backyard barbecue.

The basics

• Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Company (San Diego, CA)
• Style: American Lager
• ABV: 4.2%
• IBU: 10

What to expect

Legion Lager pours pale gold and bright with a clean white head. The flavor is simple and direct: light malt sweetness, a gentle grainy character, and just a whisper of hop bitterness at 10 IBUs. It finishes short, clean, and dry, with nothing to get in the way of the next sip.

This is a beer that knows its job. It is not trying to show off malt complexity or hop aromatics, it is trying to be cold, refreshing, and gone before you notice the glass is empty. For a summer afternoon or a game day, that is a perfectly reasonable ambition, and Legion Lager pulls it off without any rough edges.

Our rating

6.1/10

Rated by Alex (6.2) and Nick (6). Alex and Nick are nearly in lockstep here, and their scores tell the story of a beer that is good but unremarkable. Legion Lager is clean, crisp, and entirely inoffensive, which earns it a passing grade, but it never gives you a reason to reach for it over any other decent lager. Fine for a rugby match, forgettable anywhere else.