Subsidiaries
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle.Pours opaque black with a small head that dissipates fast with no lacing. Aroma is surprisingly lacking in body given color - mostly sweet grains like a pale lager. Taste is sweet grain/straw with a mildly bitter finish. Lacking in body and character. I with Guinness would withdraw the brewing license for this stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2012
at 17:14
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
Watching for what the Canadian beer trend of summer 2012 is, you can see Molson brewing Coors Light with some iced tea, Alexander Keith’s doing an apple cider and Labatt brewing this Bud Light Lime with mint, creating a mojito effect. So, fruity malt beverages (and light in two of the cases). This one pours a light golden colour with a white cap. Fresh lime scent at first, but then the mint shows up to then disappear again. The taste is quite sweet overall, all the way, with light malt notes and very faint hints of lime and mint in the background. These last two are actually more present when drunk from the bottle. Kind of a bit too different and the way Molson is promoting their Coors Light Iced T, they should stomp on this mojito brew.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2012
at 20:15
2/10
Tried
on 29 May 2012
at 18:20
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
24oz can from the local store. Pours clear light golden with a big white head that dissipates quickly. Mild aroma of sweet malts, corn and honey. Taste is malts, grainy, corn and some citrus. More flavor than most ’light’ beers. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2012
at 15:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Originally rated December 2004. This Porter is totally old school for Labatt. They haven’t put a penny in marketing this brew since day one. The label and box are still brown and beige. Poured a very dark brown with ruby highlights. The head was fuzy and creamy and left a nice lace. The aroma was malty and had hints of coffee. The taste was quite different though. Not much coffee and chocolat. More of a fruity taste, quite sweet. Slight bitterness, with a good aftertaste. Very, very smooth.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2012
at 21:56
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Originally rated February 2005. Poured an amber-red colour with a descent head. Aroma was very light with hints of fruits. The taste had a bit more presence, with malt, fruits and slight toffee all mixed together. Carbonation was heavy and mouthfeel was thin. This is Labatt’s answer to Molson’s Rickard’s Red. The two biggest Canadian macros attempt to red ales. I prefer Mick’s as it is at least refreshing, and Rickard’s gives me headaches.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2012
at 22:13
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Originally rated April 2005. This brew is part of their John Labatt series (which is suppose to be slightly higher in quality) just like their Classic. This one only comes in a keg, and was sampled at McLaren’s pool bar on Elgin street in Ottawa, Ontario. It poured an amber clean colour with a short lived head, and some lace. The aroma was not too pleasant, like a bad water stench. It also smelt alcohol. The taste was not so bad thought. It had a good balance between sweet and bitter with slight fruit in it. The finish was of corn. The mouthfeel was almost flat, not much carbonation. It seems Labatt was going for a swill market and to make them feel more beer intelligent. An o.k. product for Labatt, but still prefer their porter.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2012
at 20:14
3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Originally rated May 2005. Says on the can that this brew is inspired by an original California recipe. Pours a pale golden colour with a fizzy white head. Quickly dissapears and no trace of lace. Carbonation is crazy like ginger ale soda with big bubbles at the bottom of the glass and very active. Even the head going down does the sound of the ginger drink after pouring. Fzzzzzz. Aromas of malt seems normal. Not much in the taste. Just light malt in the background. Perrier water mouthfeel. Refreshing for students and their bank account... but horrible for people looking for a beer. Just not there.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2012
at 15:28
2.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
How many hangovers can i dedicate to this trash? Tastes a little like someone squeezed the juice out of a wet set of overalls taken from a saskatchewan grain farmer after a thunder shower. the taste is old and stale and the electricity is long dead.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2012
at 22:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
had this at a party. Rated via mobile
A - Standard Guinness look minus the nitrogen induced bubbles
S - Guinness smell but with extra bitterness, extra malt bites and extra maltiness all around
T - Intense for a stout. Not well balanced but very strong on the entire tongue
M - Dry and roasted malts really make this beer linger for a while almost against your wishes
O - Drinkable abut I wouldn’t recommend it.
A - Standard Guinness look minus the nitrogen induced bubbles
S - Guinness smell but with extra bitterness, extra malt bites and extra maltiness all around
T - Intense for a stout. Not well balanced but very strong on the entire tongue
M - Dry and roasted malts really make this beer linger for a while almost against your wishes
O - Drinkable abut I wouldn’t recommend it.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2012
at 16:25