run of the mill macro lager. nothing special, pretty boring, a good lawnmower beer.

Originally rated July 2007. This beer is getting bashed for trying to look like a microbrew, but being brewed by Labatt’s. Testing both of them tonight. The label does look nice though. Pours a golden colour with active carbonation. The head is pretty impressive for a macro lager. White, foamy and creamy, with lots of retention, leaving decent lacing all around. Smell of fresh malt at first pour, but then turns into some kind of adjunct aroma. Watery mouthfeel with a certain graininess to it. The taste is somewhat metallic at first, with a little malt and a smoke undertone in the finish. Kind of weird, but not really horrible. Swill material for sure.

341ml bottle bought in Quebec. Straw with a trace of white head; corn syrup aroma; sweet with a touch of citrus and some leafy hop bitterness; but rather poor overall.

Bouteille 341ml. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de grains de malt pâle, léger de maïs sucré avec des notes de sucre chimique, de légumes bouillis ainsi que des traces de houblon herbeux (herbe mouillée). Mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-fort et un peu croustillant ainsi qu’une texture aqueuse et aux petites notes huileuses. Goût de grains de malt pâle accompagné d’un goût de légumes bouillis sucrés lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût sucré de maïs ainsi que des notes de sucre chimique puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon assez herbeux (herbe mouillée et traces de foin) aux petites notes asséchantes. Post-goût court et aux notes sèches, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux avec des notes chimiques.

Bottle: Poured a golden yellow color beer with a small foamy head with minimal retention. Aroma of adjunct is quite evident and gross. Taste is also dominated by adjunct with a very gross sweet aspect which I really didn’t enjoy. This one is really worst then the rousse.