Top Shelf Classic Lager
Lake of Bays Brewing Company in Baysville, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
6.16
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
473ml can from the lcbo. Clear golden pour, big, fluffy, sticky head. Nice pils malt aroma, good cereals, a touch of sweet butter (diacetyl) but it does not detract too much from the beer. Some nice floral hops, lightly bitter finish. Nothing mind shatering, but they nailed what they were aiming for.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 ounce can into lager glass, no can dating. Pours fairly crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of cracker, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, biscuit dough, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Very clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/creamy, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is good. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a very solid pale lager. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, clean, and easy to drink. Met all of my expectations. Clean and flavorful pils malts, with just enough earthy hops to balance the body and sweetness. A fairly enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(can) clear yellow gold colour with a small white head; aroma of fruit, hint of noble hops; refreshing and balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap at the Ottawa beer fest. it pours a clear amber brown with a bready caramel aroma. The taste is sweet caramel then a light bitterness before veering back to sweet. Meh, average.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
473ml can from an LCBO in Toronto. A headless amber pour; malty aroma; malty taste; with the slightest hint of hops. Not particularly pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can: Poured a light golden color lager with a medium size foamy head with minimal retention and some light lacing. Aroma of light sweet notes with very subtle cereal notes. Taste is quite bland with light sweet notes and some very subtle notes. Body is light with good carbonation. Bland tasting lager which might appeal to their target audience.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Single can at the LCBO. Pours a clean golden colour with a big frothy white head, very good retention and lots of soapy lacing. Pilsner smelling nose with the Euro hops over the cereal malts. Hints of adjunct. The taste is pretty grainy with some light grass in the finish. Notes of biscuits and kind of floral. Quite a decent plain lager that is definitely not a macro brewed one.