XO Lager
Big Rock Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Premium Regular|
Score
5.06
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Metalchopz (8073) reviewed XO Lager from Big Rock Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bought this one at The Beer Store in a variety 12-pack. XO, giving the impression of aged (like cognac), but not really. Talks about this on back label but does not mention anything about how long (so not really important and credible). Small white head, not lasting long, with a few wet spots of lace. Golden colour with little carbonation. Smells like wet hay and pee. Wet mouthfeel, wishing it was at least crisp (for a lager). Nope. A little bit of grass is felt to save the day, in the taste. Other than that, not much else. Short finish and overly boring.
GRM (7527) reviewed XO Lager from Big Rock Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Glass, 20 ounces, draught, served in its glass, drank at the Crown Plaza Chateau Lacombe (Edmonton), savoured on September 18 2008; eye: golden, clear, slight effervescence, nice creamy white head; nose: malt, slight hops; mouth: water, malt, light hops, lightly acrid finale in malt with a hint of caramel, average carbonation, medium body, slightly harsh, slightly bitter, lightly sweet; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Verre, 20 onces, en fût, servie dans son verre, bue au Crown Plaza Chateau Lacombe (Edmonton), savourée le 18 septembre 2008; oeil : dorée, claire, très légère effervescence, beau col de mousse blanche crémeuse; nez : malt, très léger houblon; bouche : eau, malt, léger houblon, finale légèrement âcre en malt avec une p’tite présence de caramel, carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen, texture légèrement rugueuse, très légèrement amère, très légère astringence, légèrement sucrée; en résumé : correct
crit200 (5349) reviewed XO Lager from Big Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
Gold with thin white head.Lighty sweet beery nose. Starts ok the fades to a thin flat nothingness, stale hop finish
Oakes (33770) reviewed XO Lager from Big Rock Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Woohoo...the once and former World Classic (see 4th edition of Jackson’s Pocket Guide). Golden colour. Doesn’t hold much head in my Grasshopper glass. The aroma is grainy/bready with a strong overtone of that signature Big Rock mushroom/foot character. Soft carbonation is a plus, but it might be the only one. This is very sweet, but not in a full-bodied malty sort of way. This is sweet in the doughy/worty way that non-alcs are. No hops. Saaz? Extra lagering? You cannot dazzle me with bullshit. This beer is poor, a failure amongst even the weak field of "craft" lagers. And what’s with the stewed peaches?