Rahr & Sons Brewing Company Ugly Pug

Ugly Pug

 

Rahr & Sons Brewing Company in Fort Worth, Texas, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular
Score
6.25
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 35
Ugly Pug is a schwarzbier, or black lager. But the real story is its name. Fritz saw his mother-in-law’s pug, Oscar, lounging in a chair and he (Fritz) shouted, “What an ugly pug!” Everyone laughed. Your’re right – they were drinking a test batch that night.
 

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5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Great American Beer Festival 2012. Very light malt aroma and flavor. Low carbonation, some lager yeast. Mildly roasted malt flavor, very simple. What is there is not bad, but too light.
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2013 at 17:40

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the Houston Flying Saucer. Pours a clear brown with a slight amber hue and a creamy brown head that laces nicely. Aroma has notes of toast and roasted malts with backing dark grains. Flavor starts with dark grains and develops a bit of a smokey and toasty note through the finish.
Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2012 at 18:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle sample at a tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. Clear brown color. Aroma has a bit of roastiness, slightly grainy, and light vegetal acidic notes. Sweetish roasty flavor with a bit of coffee, slightly "green", light acidity and a drier finish. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2011 at 16:32

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5
Bottle @ home, courtesy of cavie. Thanks again Travis for the beer and the Rahr pint glass. Deep black appearance with a light brown head. Roasty, burnt, somewhat smoky, dark malty, mild earthy hoppy nose. Mildly smoky, burnt dark malty flavor. Burnt aftertaste. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2011 at 23:09

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
12oz bottle-pours a thin tan head and copper color. Aroma is roasty/cocoa-medium malt with some sweet, secondary spice hops. Taste is roasty/cocoa-medium malt, secondary earthy hops. Towards medium body. 3.2
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2011 at 06:37

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle from a trade with crajun. Pours clear dark brown color with tan head. Aromas of roasted malts and some cereal grains. Roasted malt flavor with an ashy aftertaste. Medium body with average carbonation. Thanks Kevin.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2011 at 20:03

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Received this in trade from TexIndy, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a nice dark brown with ruby highlights when held to light. Nice size off white head dissipates quickly. Aroma of Smoky nutty roasty malts. Not much hop to be found in the nose. Tastes like it smells, roasted malt bitterness in the finish. Bubbly creamy mouthfeel. Medium to thin in the body. I thought the carbonation seemed a bit to high and lessened my enjoyment of this brew. Overall a decent brew, I could see myself enjoying a few of these.
Tried on 09 Feb 2011 at 16:21

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of burnt chocolate malt, burnt toast, light smoke and lager malts.
Tried on 10 Nov 2010 at 22:42

6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottle pours dark brown almost black with a thin tan head. Aroma is burnt malt, metal, and dark bread. Flavor is actually pretty good, lots of roasty malt, little coffee hints and a big burnt black patent kind of finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2010 at 15:32

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Frothy off-white fair mostly deminishing head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Burnt notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Prune and plumb notes. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2009 at 15:19