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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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and old hops. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 010314
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
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Tried
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are hops, caramel, malt and notes of fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 07:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
This might be a hit with drinkers of macro lagers, but overall I find it bland and lightweight. Nice looking beer, rich amber color and fluffy/rocky head. Aroma is almost too faint to register and taste is very light malt. Might be a good summer time brew.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2014
at 19:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours amber gold with white head. Nose and taste of malt, salted bread, light toffee and toasted biscuit and cracker malt. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2014
at 18:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Glass-bottle. Malty nose with hints of grain. Brown in the glass. The beer starts malty, slightly sweet. Smooth and highly drinkable. Quite fresh. Slightly sourish in the mainpart, the beer continues smooth and malty. The aftertaste is medium, nearly no hops, malty-sweetish and smooth.
--> Nice session beer. Not too deep but nice malty and not too flat in aroma. --> 12/13/11/10
--> Nice session beer. Not too deep but nice malty and not too flat in aroma. --> 12/13/11/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2014
at 13:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Clear, reddish amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Malty aroma, hints of red berries, a some malt-spiciness, a nuttily touch. Taste is minimally sweet malty with a nuttily touch, hints of red berries, a dry touch of fruit parings, hoppy overtones. Balanced, aromatic, nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2014
at 06:16
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. A solid if unspectacular amber. Nothing wrong here but not flavorful and just sits there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2013
at 01:31
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle, 5%. Buttery aroma. Clear amber colour. Small off-white head. The flavour also starts a little buttery, turns spicy, perhaps from the hops, and finishes on a sour grainy note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 15:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours clear tea amber with small off-white head. Clear aroma of fruit, malt, and hops. Bitter, hoppy flavour, with malty and fruity notes and a touch of yeast. High carbonation. Sour-sweetish aftertaste. An OK amber lager, even though I am not a great fan of this beer style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 15:00