Rookie Card
Studio Brewing in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.58
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Double Decocted Vienna Lager
When thinking about how to best use our decoction vessel, a Vienna style lager immediately came to mind. Rookie Card is a malt driven Vienna Lager brewed with an extended double decoction process resulting in a rich malt profile. Hopped lightly with Saaz to allow the malt to shine, and lagered extensively, this beer is an ode to malt complexity in a drinkable package. Malt notes dominate with a lot of dry rye bread, toffee, raisin notes and finishes with a dry mineral-like character.
When thinking about how to best use our decoction vessel, a Vienna style lager immediately came to mind. Rookie Card is a malt driven Vienna Lager brewed with an extended double decoction process resulting in a rich malt profile. Hopped lightly with Saaz to allow the malt to shine, and lagered extensively, this beer is an ode to malt complexity in a drinkable package. Malt notes dominate with a lot of dry rye bread, toffee, raisin notes and finishes with a dry mineral-like character.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pale amber, with a slight chill haze. Thick head. Has a nice assertive vienna/munich malt character. The aroma probably promised more malt juiciness than the palate delivers. There's some caramel to it, a touch of toastiness. The finish has some sweetness, the malts are rich and bitterness low. Pretty good.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2021
at 04:28
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bright amber, head is gone immediately. Light malt nose. Vague palate of malt, bitterness and dirty line taste. Good body for style
Tried
on 13 Jun 2021
at 23:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16oz @ home. Appearance: clear pale copper with a white head. Aroma: malty, some roasted malt, lager hops. Taste: along the same lines, slightly crispy. Overall: very nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2021
at 06:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from the tap. Clear copper with small white head. Dry biscuit and rye with mild sweetness. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2021
at 00:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from the brewery, via Sergey
Beautiful amber colour, clean. Nice aroma of biscuity malts. Chewy caramel and biscuits, it seems quite sweet but balanced, good body, delicate bitterness, and pleasant Lager esters. Very well made.
Beautiful amber colour, clean. Nice aroma of biscuity malts. Chewy caramel and biscuits, it seems quite sweet but balanced, good body, delicate bitterness, and pleasant Lager esters. Very well made.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2021
at 08:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
355mL can, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Nose is full of bready malt and toasted caramel. Flavour is dry and bready, with a nice toasted bready malt character. There's not much hops but it's dry, with low residual sweetness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2021
at 01:34
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Good clear medium copper body with sadly modest foam. Soft malty caramel on the nose, very slight biscuit. Flavour is a soft biscuit, dry and slightly chewy, but way too thin and wet. I prefer my Viennas thicker and hoppier and this misses on both fronts.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2021
at 21:34