Hop City Brewing Company Barking Squirrel

Barking Squirrel

 

Hop City Brewing Company in Brampton, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular
Score
6.12
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 24 Ticks: 95
Our multi award-winning flagship brew. Barking Squirrel has a distinct burnt orange colour and noble hop aroma. This amber lager is highly drinkable – a superbly smooth balancing act of hop bitterness and roasted caramel malt sweetness.
 

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2.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 2
Clear, clear amber beer. The thought of white head. And I smell ... uh... nothing. Dripped my nose to get a hint of malt and syrup. Taste is sweet thin roasted malt. Mild mild bitter after. Junk.
Tried on 18 Apr 2015 at 17:11

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
14.5.2015: Schön dunkel bernsteinfarben im Glas. In der Nase malzig, Karamell. Im Trunk Malz, süß, süffig, aber auch ganz leicht metallisch. Trotzdem ein ordentliches Lager. Im Abgang Holz. Retry 28.5.2023: leichte Aufwertung, lecker Bier. Sehr malzig.
Tried on 14 Apr 2015 at 11:03

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12oz bottle from Beers of Europe. Poured into a Duvel glass at home on 25th Mar 2015. Nice clear amber with a red hue brew, large white foaming head: very un-lager like. Nutty and woody nose with a mild maltiness, the taste similar in nature: semi-sweet flavour from the malts, late bittering in the finish. Different and unusual for a lager based brew: I liked it.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2015 at 18:53

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from bierpost.com. Pours a deep amber colour with a medium off white head, quickly dissipated. Aroma is floral, hoppy, caramel, with a light roasting. Medium sweet, mild bitterness. Medium bodied, slick texture. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2015 at 13:21

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours amber with a creamy offwhite head, lacings. Aroma of malt, light caramel, and light grassy hops. Flavor is rather sweet, malty, caramel, weak hops. Thin to medium body, average carbonation. 100115
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2015 at 07:37

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle. Frothy White good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Modetrate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 10:29

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dunkel bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit geringer beiger Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, etwas röstmalzig, Eistee. Geschmack fruchtig malzig, etwas metallisch, hopfig, Karamell, wässrig.
Tried on 11 Nov 2014 at 12:44

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma. Fruity malty grainy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy finish with weak hints of honey.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2014 at 10:26

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. Clear amber brown color, medium white head. Aroma of caramel biscuits. Taste is lightly toasted caramel. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2014 at 12:05

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours a clear, deep golden with an off-white head. Malty nose, a little caramel. Medium body, very malt forward, fairly clean yet with a slight metallic twist. Subtle hops in the finish. 090914
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2014 at 08:29