Devils Tower Lager
Yellowstone Valley Brewing Company in Billings, Montana, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.65
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From Sept 2005
My first taste said...this is a good lager. Nice head, somewhat cloudy appearance(which I don't take points off for) and an overall malt dominated taste backed up my early impressions.
After drinking a couple of more samples, I say this one is well tucked in the very drinkable category. Good show, Yellowstone Valley Brewing!
PS: It's retired? Mystores just got it in!!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle: Pours a dull copper/orange color with a thin sandy head. Nose is malty and sweet, lights bits of grass. Taste has much more character than the nose; citrus, grapes, a sweet malty backbone, and a surprisingly crisp floral finish. The finish really helps out as the majority of the taste is very sweet. I can imagine the similarities in flavor to adding wild honey and herbs, but retaining mostly the sweet aspects. I feel like I should give this a few bonus points since my wife liked it… I could really see this being a good base for a hoppy lager or bock.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
12oz bottle thanks to Jake65. Pours a hazy amber with some lacing white head. Nose of apple cider, some malt vinegar, a little red grape, some medicine cabinet. Uh oh, infection alert. Tastes of apples, rusty nickels and malt vinegar. Mostly clean finish. No idea what this would be like on a normal day, but this bottle is infected.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle thanks to Dallas. Pours a clear amber color. Basic, sweet nutty malts, very clean, almost dominated by grains. Light honey. OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle shared by Dallas
Appearance: Clear golden with a small white head, some lacing
Aroma and flavors of malts, grainy and fruity
Decent
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle thanks to my parents. Pours cloudy amber. Fizzy white head. Nose/taste of spent grain, orange peel and lager malt. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle. Unfiltered amber-brown color with a big foamy off-white head. Funky sweet aroma with a touch of earthy hops. Somewhat tangy. Medium-bodied. Some mild amber malt notes, balanced out by the odd tartness and slight hoppy crispness. Sweet malty aftertaste with a touch of cherry twang. Seems a touch off, but Ambers are strange creatures.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Clear amber with tiny white head. Vegy aroma with moldy notes. Moldy flavour with vegy and grainy notes. Bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
12 oz bottle brought back from a Yellowstone trip by my friend John! Nose of caramel, light sweetness, with some butteriness (diacetyl); lightly hazy coppery amber with a medium beige head; flavor is slightly sweet caramel with a very faint butter note (I don’t like diacetyl but this was so faint it was actually pleasant in the flavor).Looks like I got lucky and didn’t get an infected bottle as the ratings go all over. Decent average amber!
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
This beer looks like an apple cider and is very low on the carbonation. Unusual flavor of vodka and grain. Caramel aftertaste. Lightly sweet malt and no hop presence.