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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4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
New selection at my local beer store, from a bottle. Fairly smooth lager aroma bordering on old lager. Look is fairly pale lager. More personality compared to a pale lager. Has some fruitiness inthe background. A little slag on the palate and a good amount of co2. Goes down fairly easy but there is a little bit of mild bitterness building on the tongue during the session. Yes, personality continues to build as you drink. Finishes with a mild medicinal feel. Would like to try this on tap. I have tasted more mannered viennas.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 11:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Buckets, Jenkintown 12oz ($4.25): Pours an amber color with a small head. Aroma is faint caramel malt. Taste is faint anything. This was not any worse or better than the Yuengling I drank right before it.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2012
at 07:54
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bright caramel-amber color with a large foamy orange-tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was skunky, tangy and somewhat sweet. The flavor was bitter and tangy with faint caramel, vague fruits and cardboard. Turns dry on the short cardboard finish. Medium body. Fairly awful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2012
at 15:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 11/4/12
Aroma: The nose is fairly light, some toasted lager malts, and caramel notes
Appearance: This one pours a clear caramel orange color with some spotty lacing
Flavor: The taste is clean and malty, not overly sweet, and has barley a hint of a hop presence
Palate: The body is fairly light, it drinks clean, has an average carbonation, and a short duration
Overall Impression: My first rating from Hop City. (I didn't even realize I was buying Canadian, just assumed it was an American Micro I'd never heard of.) Anyway, it isn't a bad beer, but I wasn't super impressed either. Decent lager, but that's about it. Eh...
Aroma: The nose is fairly light, some toasted lager malts, and caramel notes
Appearance: This one pours a clear caramel orange color with some spotty lacing
Flavor: The taste is clean and malty, not overly sweet, and has barley a hint of a hop presence
Palate: The body is fairly light, it drinks clean, has an average carbonation, and a short duration
Overall Impression: My first rating from Hop City. (I didn't even realize I was buying Canadian, just assumed it was an American Micro I'd never heard of.) Anyway, it isn't a bad beer, but I wasn't super impressed either. Decent lager, but that's about it. Eh...
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2012
at 13:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can, from LCBO
Hazy amber color with generous head, creamy; is there a widget in the can? Mild aroma of caramel and caramel. Round mouthfeel, some caramel flavor; ordinary bitterness. Simple.
Hazy amber color with generous head, creamy; is there a widget in the can? Mild aroma of caramel and caramel. Round mouthfeel, some caramel flavor; ordinary bitterness. Simple.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2012
at 01:53
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 ounce bottle. Amber orange color topped by a fluffy light beige head. Mild toasted malt aroma. Dryish toasted malt flavor, rather suddued. Light citrus hops with a touch of peppery bitterness. Nicely balanced, but rather unassuming. Very drinkable, but not worth seeking out. Cool name, average beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2012
at 18:56
Tried
on 20 Oct 2012
at 11:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Smells malty, caramel. Pours dark amber with decent head, even a little lacing. There’s a bit of hops here, though it doesn’t exactly exude the image of the name "Hop City." It’s alright for a sessionable beer though, but since it’s the same for a tall can of average Canadian beer as it is for Chimay, I’ll drink the Chimay. Tall can from Saving Gigi’s
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2012
at 16:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Had this one a couple of times on tap at a local pub close to my work. Now, testing it from the can. Pours a clean deep amber colour with an off-white foamy head that does not last long, but leaves a bit of soapy lace. Malty scent with notes of caramel, nuts and hop. Pretty much the same for the taste with a mild nutty aftertaste. Wet mouthfeel as this is a beer to refresh people, but have a bit more taste than regular swills. Personally, I am not a fan of the hop they use in this one, but still a decent brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2012
at 15:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Glass, 10 ounces, draught, at Pub Italia, savoured on May 15 2012; eye: orangey, clear, nice effervescence, nice beige head, light lacing; nose: malt, toffee, caramel; mouth: malt, toffee, caramel, finale in malt with presence of caramel, medium-light boy, good carbonation, mildly sweet, a bit thin; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Verre, 10 onces, en fût, chez Pub Italia, savourée le 15 mai 2012; œil :orangée, limpide, bonne effervescence, belle mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : malt, toffee, caramel; bouche : malt, toffee, caramel, finale en malt avec présence de caramel, corps moyen-léger, bonne carbonatation, moyennement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : ordinaire
Tried
on 16 May 2012
at 13:39