Gila Monster Amber Lager
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
5.68
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Toast, caramel, and light cherry aroma. Clear copper, brief medium head. Lots of maraschino cherry flavor from start to finish. Decent balance. Pretty nice red ale. It isn’t a style I like, but this one is well done.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2010
at 06:46
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Purchased at Trader Joe in Nashville on my trip there. Pours a dark amber colour, clean, with an off-white head that is big, foamy, with average retention and leaves great webbing. Yeasty nose with a little malt. Watery mouthfeel with a medium-thin body. I guess they have changed they recipe since the beginning, as this one does not taste much caramel anymore (like older reviews). Kind of boring, with a little bitterness. A little sweet malt. Mildly crisp, and still boring. A monster that does not scare at all.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2010
at 22:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Amber copperish pour in the glass. Sweet and somewhat spicy. Better than expected. Rated 3/31/04
Tried
on 05 May 2010
at 13:56
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Trader Joes (Short Pump), 2/23/10
Aroma: Nose has some caramel malts, bread, corn, and earthiness
Appearance: Pours a clear, dark orange color, light lace from a thin head
Flavor: Taste has some sweetness, lots of malty flavors, minimal hop presence
Palate: The body is light-medium, carbonation is fairly high, and the duration is quite short
Overall Impression: Overall, this one is a fairly average beer by all accounts. The taste is OK, the nose is OK, the look is OK, and the beer is OK. I don't really have much to add to that, nothing special, but drinkable.
Aroma: Nose has some caramel malts, bread, corn, and earthiness
Appearance: Pours a clear, dark orange color, light lace from a thin head
Flavor: Taste has some sweetness, lots of malty flavors, minimal hop presence
Palate: The body is light-medium, carbonation is fairly high, and the duration is quite short
Overall Impression: Overall, this one is a fairly average beer by all accounts. The taste is OK, the nose is OK, the look is OK, and the beer is OK. I don't really have much to add to that, nothing special, but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2010
at 18:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle on 11/14/2009 from Trader Joes - Short Pump. Very clear copper amber body with a large foamy off-white head. Sweet toasty and slightly nutty aroma. Sweet toasty flavor, some dry graininess. Medium light body with moderately low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2010
at 16:32
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Filtered red-amber color. Fluffy off-white head. Mild non-aroma, light toasty malt I guess. Straightforward light to medium body maltwise, very easy and drinkable. Displays a decent bitter hop balance, nothing spectacular certainly. Preferable to a lot of macro swill, but still mediocre at best.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2009
at 17:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s in Short Pump, VA. Pours a clear copper color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is grainy toffee with a bit of nuttiness. Taste is caramel, toffee, bread and a nutty finish. No real hop notes to speak of. Medium bodied. Decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2009
at 23:11
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pour is a copper with a small white head. Aroma is barley a whiff of caramel malts. Flavor is somewhat malty but nothing really. Boring and bland.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2007
at 18:55
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 5
When this beer is first poured, it looks and smells like it is going to be a good beer, but the main thing that this beer left after drinking it is the horrible metallic aftertaste. This aftertaste was confirmed by other people who drank this with me. Apparently, if you eat candy and drink this the taste is mitigated, but unless you do that I do not suggest this beer at all. Maybe it was just the sixer that I had, but that is the only way I can rate this beer.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2006
at 02:13
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from, where else, Trader Joe’s. A pretty malty smell with a lacing of hop nose. Pours a touch light for an amber, thin temporary head. Some definite malt taste, but the hops I smelled are somewhat missing. Kind of phenolic. Of course for the price, it’s pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2006
at 21:50