Rugged North
Copper State Brewing Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Helles Regular|
Score
6.96
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Drake (22934) reviewed Rugged North from Copper State Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can from Festival Green Bay West 9/9/19. Hazy copper, large foamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of pale malt, herbal and green hops hinting on menthol or mint. Taste is pale bready malt, lemony and herbal hops. Medium bodied, crisp, soft carb, well balanced. Nice beer.
superspak (10160) reviewed Rugged North from Copper State Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Got in a trade with GreenBayBA. 12 ounce can into lager glass, no can dating. Pours deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with bready malts and light earthy hops notes; with good strength. Noticeable buttery diacetyl in aromas and flavors, but not too overwhelming. Bit of fruity/yeasty aromas as well. Taste of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, nuttiness, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice robustness of bready malts and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Fairly clean on lager flavors, not too fruity/yeasty. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is good. Silky notes from diacetyl. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a pretty good Helles. All around good robustness of bready malts and light earthy hop flavors; smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. The diacetyl was quite a bad mark on this, and it carried over to the mouthfeel. I enjoyed it otherwise, and a good attempt at the style. Nicely rich pils/munich malts with balancing earthy hops against sweetness. They just need clean up their process, and this would be a much better beer.