Moosehead Breweries Scratch Series #75: Cascadian Dark Lager

Scratch Series #75: Cascadian Dark Lager

 

Moosehead Breweries in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦

  Lager - Dark India Style Regular
Score
6.97
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 65 Ticks: 15
Batch no. 75

Pine - Dark Fruit - Chocolate
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8.8/10
Roasty, malty, creamy and bitter
Tried on 05 Dec 2025 at 19:05

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can. Opaque dark brown with an ok beige head. Aroma of pine, red berries, lemons and milk chocolate. Taste of dark fruits, chocolate, lemons, malts, red berries and pine. Malty and tangy. Strong bitterness. Medium carbonation. Lovely.
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2025 at 22:30

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
473ml can. Opaque, darkest brown colour with average to huge, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige head. Earthy fruity and piney, hoppy aroma, chocolately, dark malty background, notes of dark berries, a touch of morello, some milk chocolate, whiffs of glue. Taste is bitter, earthy fruity and piney hoppy, roasty and chocolately, dark malty basis, notes of dark berries, a touch of morello, some milk chocolate, dark chocolate, dry cocoa. Minimally creamy, watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, dense, foamy, mildly prickly carbonation. Allusions to Schwarzwälderkirschtorte - not bad.
Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2024 at 18:00

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Coppery black colour with a mediumsized foamy beige head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted, some mild toffeeish and nutty tones with a bit sweet malts too. Flavour is toasted malts with some pine, mild resin and a bit herbal tones.
Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2024 at 19:49

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
27/4/2024. Can shared at fonefan Ulfborg tasting. Pours dark brown with a large frothy off-white/beige head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, coffee, slightly smoked. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Quite smooth with average carbonation. Increasing bitter roasted finish. Pretty decent.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2024 at 11:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma: Malt and caramel with sweet fruits. Flavour: Malty sweet with caramel and notes of sweet fruits. Aftertaste is sweet and lightly bitter. Colour: Brown with an offwhite head. From: Can
Tried from Can on 05 May 2024 at 17:36

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can 47,3 cl. Pours black with a creamy and lacing, beige head. Nutty, chocolaty aroma. Medium body, roast, again chocolate, a slight nuttiness and then a very bitter - if short - finish. Has a slight, unclean fustiness. Unusual. 010524
Tried from Can on 01 May 2024 at 14:39

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can @ Fonefan tasting. Clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, toasted malt and light hoppy - pine. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 270424
Tried from Can on 29 Apr 2024 at 14:05

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. moderate malæty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried on 29 Apr 2024 at 12:32

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
473ml can at Koza Bar in Moscow. Pours opaque dark brown with a tall beige head. Aroma is chocolate, grapefruit, malt. Taste is slightly dry, chocolate, grapefruit and pine. Medium bitter finish. Medium bodied. Nice.
Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2024 at 19:33