Barking Squirrel
Hop City Brewing Company in Brampton, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
6.12
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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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5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting, Ulfborg ]. [ As Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager ].Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, light hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, malty, dry, grass - straw notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140301]
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2014
at 14:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
341 ml bottle. Pours a clear rusty orange colour with a small short lasting white head. Malty aroma. Slightly bitter. Mild caramel flavor with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2014
at 21:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours with a nice amber, towards golden, color, topped with a decent slightly off-white head with decent retention. There is a very nice malty aroma complemented by some nice caramel and biscuity smell. The taste is pleasantly sweet at first, slightly roasted in the body, together with some caramel feel. Finishes with a nice bitterness. Easily drinkable, smooth and very enjoyable.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2014
at 12:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a somewhat clear amber/red colored body, one finger white foamy head that dies within about a minute and leaves some super light cling lacing.
The smell had a nutty caramel malts in front and not much else.
The taste was mainly sweet through the malts, slightly nutty aftertaste, quick dry finish.
On the palate, it sat about a medium on the body, somewhat sessionable and the carbonation is smooth and ends up rolling nicely around the tongue and mouth.
Overall, its nothing spectacular, but nothing bad, worthy of coming back and probably even better with food.
The appearance was a somewhat clear amber/red colored body, one finger white foamy head that dies within about a minute and leaves some super light cling lacing.
The smell had a nutty caramel malts in front and not much else.
The taste was mainly sweet through the malts, slightly nutty aftertaste, quick dry finish.
On the palate, it sat about a medium on the body, somewhat sessionable and the carbonation is smooth and ends up rolling nicely around the tongue and mouth.
Overall, its nothing spectacular, but nothing bad, worthy of coming back and probably even better with food.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2014
at 14:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle - Light amber pour, one finger head... there’s a mild caramel malt aroma and a sweet, bready, caramel malt flavor. It’s medium bodied with mild hops bitterness. It’s straightforward and average at best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2014
at 10:43
6.5/10
Caramel sweetness mixed with a strong malty nuttiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2014
at 17:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Fastelavn Smagning 2014 @ J&C’s beer palace, Jutland Saturday Session 1 - 01/03/14. Golden amber with moderate off white spotting. Nose is caramel malt, light cardboard, biscuit, toffee, a little stale smelling. Taste comprises dark malts, caramel, bready pangs, cake mix, light vanilla, dark fruits. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so, a pretty basic affair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2014
at 01:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 12oz. It pours a clear, amber body under a small, off-white head. The aroma is weak, with some caramel and toffee, hints of dried fruits. It’s medium bodied and semi-dry, with a soft and pleasant carbonation level. The flavor has caramel and some toast, with hints of cooked vegetables. Caramel finish. Pretty drinkable, but rather boring. 140301
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:53
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 355ml @ fonefan
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, grain and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, grain and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light breadish. Toasted malty and breadish. Dry malty. Bitter, metallic and roasted malty flavoured. Bitter and dry herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:51