Sparkle
Petoskey Brewing Company in Petoskey, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pale Rotating|
Score
6.52
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blackflag321 (2817) reviewed Sparkle from Petoskey Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pint can poured to lager glass. Nice gold color. Aromatic, malty nose. Taste has hints of the typical bland industrial lagers turned out by the big Brewers, but just hints. The body was full with a balance of hops and malts. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised.
superspak (10160) reviewed Sparkle from Petoskey Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16 ounce can into lager glass, no can dating. Pours crystal clear golden yellow color with a small dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. A bit of a metallic off note as well, but not much. Okay aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy/spicy hop notes; with poor strength. Taste of wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of wheat, cracker, biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Good balance and robustness of pale malt and earthy/spicy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Very clean on lager flavors with zero yeast ester notes present. Good amount of dryness from bitterness as well. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a smooth, crisp, fairly sticky, and lightly grainy/bready mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.1%. Overall this is a very solid pale lager style. All around solid robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy/spicy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. This was hoppier than I expected, but not overdone. A fairly enjoyable offering.
Weihenweizen (7385) reviewed Sparkle from Petoskey Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can poured into a glass. Clear pale golden with small white head. Aroma is nice clean pilsner malt, medium/light body, and some smal-bubble lacing. Taste is pilsner malt, corny, hay, some grass. and grainy.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Sparkle from Petoskey Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Lactic barley malt aroma. Golden yellow with large white fluffy head. Lightly sweet creamy barley malt and moderately bitter weed/hay flavor.