4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
This lager poured a pale yellow with a white frothy head. Somewhat boring to the nose. A little vinager??? First taste wasn’t too bad but a little watery and lifeless.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2006
at 21:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
"Borrowed" a bottle of this beer from my father... It has a medium sized quickly descending head. It has a slightly cloudy amber colour and a rather sweet smell. It also tastes quite sweet with perhpas a hint of honey. Not really a great beer, but it is certainly interesting enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2006
at 16:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Updated 2020 covid times: Still drinking and enjoying this. Got a bottle recently for old times sake. Its dark, its refreshing and has just enough bitterness to let you know its well made darker beer, nothing more. Never insulting yet it has body. Well made. Still one of most favorite affordable dark beers. Old rating 2008: I don’t get it, it says pure barley malt lager beer but on this site it also says Hallertau hops! Nice label, big viking woman riding a light colored horse. 12 oz brown bottle. Pop the lid and it smells like a porter or stout. Also has a floral or fruity attribute about the aroma. Pours very dark, but transparent, reddish brown. Initial flavor hit of Roastyness that is not bitter. A really good beer! Perhaps a hint of lingering bitter on the finish, but just barely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2006
at 14:21
3.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Your average pale yellow american beer. Some hops or bitter linger finish. I didn’t seem to notice anything real special about this brew. I’m gonna have to give this a rerate down the road. I may have been to buzzed to properly rate this. On tap at the north park deckhouse in robinson.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2006
at 19:19
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
A label with a nice history on it - I imagine an oompah band playing in the background as I crack the lid on this brown 12 oz bottle. Pours like a darker transparent regular lager. Pretty nice, perhaps sweet aroma. Real beery intial flavor with lots of personality that is beefy like and IPA or stout yet it is not offensively bitter. Some hop linger that lasts for a while on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2006
at 08:34
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Been waiting to try this with such a rating for Penn. Yeasty aroma, pours dark transparent brown. Nice story on the label. 12 oz bottle. Initial hoppy (not possible?) or malty flavor - says pure barley on label. Has a personality of alcohol and it shows thru a bit. As good as german doppelbocks. Finish is a little bitter but does not linger for too many minutes. Not what was expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2006
at 19:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle; Nose of wheat with some banana and citrus esters; Slightly hazy gold with a huge pale gold head; Spicy and tart flavor with grain, bananas, and citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2006
at 13:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This lager poured a nice brown colour with almost no head. Even after a vigourous pour. Scents include smoke, caramel and bread. First sip was nice with flavours of sweet roasted malts and a little smoke flavour too. The finnish is sweet and the palate is a little bit floral.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2006
at 19:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle; Nose of butter and caramel; brown with a medium, long-lasting, glass-lacing beige head; taste is tingly, buttery, and caramelly with a tiny bit of hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2006
at 17:50
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle; Nose grainy and yeasty; pale gold, small white head; flavor grainy with a small hop finish, body light.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2006
at 18:36