Draft - Sweet fruit esters, apricot, peach and grain. Clear gold with a nice beige head. Sweet fruit, bitterness and grains, with a light fruity ester finish. Interesting.

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucrés, moyen de pain, léger de houblon herbeux (gazon mouillé) et floral et léger de fruits (agrumes) avec quelques traces de caramel. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-doux ainsi qu’une texture légèrement crémeuse. Goût très légèrement fruité (agrumes) accompagné d’un léger goût de grains de malt pâle sucrés lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de pain ainsi que des notes de caramel rôti et de biscuits puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume asséchante de houblon herbeux (gazon mouillé, traces de foin) et légèrement floral. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux aux notes florales avec des traces fruitées (zeste d’agrumes).

strong smell of honey and a taste that follows through with more of that. a taste of hops in here. a really decent lager - if lagers always tasted like this id drink a whole lot more of them, even when they werent cheap. half litre bottle

Sample at the Strange Brew Tasting on 02/18/2012. Dark copper-gold pour with a medium thin white head that burns away quickly. Spotty lacing. Aroma of mild hops and sweet malt. Light body with flavors of mildly bitter hops and biscuity malt. The finish is short and lightly hopped. Just average overall.

Bottle at Max’s tasting. Pours clear amber. White head. Nose of lager malts, hops and citrus. Taste of grain, bready malts and hops. Dry finish. Lots of IPA characteristics.

One of two brews from Grand River Brewing that we get at the Ottawa LCBOs in 500ml brown bottles. Stamped on lonely front label, bottled on NOV 23 2010. Pours a slightly hazy (not filtered to the max) amber colour. The head is decent with minimal lacing, but a nice 2-3mm thickness coats the beer and stays. Very light carbonation. Sweet grainy malt aromas. Mild bread malt flavours mixed with the hoppy finish which adds a little bitterness. Quite mild though. Wish it would pack more of a punch (should have more alcohol). This could be a great lager.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, bottled on December 4 2009, gift from Karl Probst (danke!) received on December 12 2009, savoured on May 11 2010; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, voluminous white head that turns into melting ice cream, light lacing; nose: malt, grain; mouth: malt, grain, finale in grain, and then bitterness appears out of nowhere, medium body, rather carbonated, good astringency, grainy texture; overall: different FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, embouteillée le 4 décembre 2009, cadeau de Karl Probst (merci!) reçu le 12 décembre 2009, savourée le 11 mai 2010; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse blanche abondante qui se transforme en crème glacée fondante, légère dentelle; nez : malt, grain; bouche : malt, grain, finale en grain, amertume qui apparaît de nulle part, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, bonne astringence, texture granuleuse; en résumé : différent

Bottle: Poured a bright golden color lager with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some great lacing. Aroma of unrefined cereal with some dry notes. Taste is not as pleasant as I had hoped for with notes of unrefined cereals and stale grain. Body is quite full with good carbonation. Not bad but definitely not the best from this fine brewery.