Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap from the brewpub: Poured a hazy dirty orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some retention. Aroma of banana and cloves ester are really dominant with great notes of wheat malt. Taste is a mix between medium sweet wheat malt with great notes of banana and cloves ester. Body is full with limited filtration and great carbonation. Very refreshing and very well done for the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A golden pils with a thick white head. A nice biscuitty malt with pungeant czech hops. In mouth, a good biscuitty malt, carmale, with herbaceous hops, a bit of butterscotch. Very well balanced and rich bodied....and its 3.6%??? Wow. A quaffer classic. On tap at brewpub, April 24 2009.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A dark brown ale with a light moka head. Herbaceous malt aroma, with nutty notes, and caramel. In mouth, a light session ale with nutty notes. enjoyable and light. On tap at brewpub, 14 Feb. 2009.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
A dark orange amber with a thin creamy off white head. Aroma of bananas, light clove, a bit of caramel. In mouth, a grainy herbal malt, light dunkel, with lack of malt, some light bananas, rather short in mouth. On tap at brewpub, August 29 2008. 4.50 pint.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A fairly straighforward, well made dunkelweizen - a lot of phenolic character and clove - medium tartness, followed by notes of chocolate-covered cherries and nuts - wheat is apparent in the finish, as tartness reenters the picture - gets sweeter as it warms, and gains a lot more fruit and spice complexity (overripe apples, nutmeg, etc.) - quite nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
One of two great czech style lagers I had while in Montreal - really strong noble hop presence throughout, with a particularly sharp bite at the end - just enough malt to let the crisp hops shine through without drying out the beer - super refreshing and crisp.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Medium amber, with a frothy, lasting head - a nice combination of fruit, caramel, grain/rye in the aroma - smooth, medium bodied, and lightly tart up front - gets a little sweet and bready, with some nice caramel flavor to it - the hops get stronger and more herbal near the finish, and the malts get more biscuity - a decent vienna.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A golden amber lager with a thin white head. Very grainy malt aroma, fruity esters, lightly spiced, notes of cinnamon. In mouth, sweet caramel malt, with rye notes, fruity notes, rich bodied. On tap at brewpub, May 2008.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A deep dark stout with a thin moka head. A nice chocolate aroma, very subdued. In mouth, light chocolate malt, grains, very light for the style but overall, an honest stout. On tap at brewpub, May 2008.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Have had this one quite a few times, most recently on 9/28/07 at the brewery.
Dark for a vienna, with more a light brown colored body than the typical auburn or tan. Medium-sized beige head is well-retained, with light lacing left behind. High clarity.
Sweet munich and pale malts in the nose certainly give a full, malty aroma, as a good German lager should. Chocolate malt gives mostly color, but there’s a hint of light roast and dark chocolate, before the finish is transformed by the yeast and juicy, grassy hops. Authentic lager yeast crispness surfaces through the sweet malts and the fresh character of the yeast is endearing as well. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma, no flaws.
Quite sweet up front, but with a light breadiness from the munich malt lengthening the flavor and providing good transition in to the more dry, hopped and crisp finish. Some very sweet pale malt and light chocolate sticks to the back of the palate, and overall, this batch could be probably a bit more dry. But I applaud the relative lack of breadiness. Not as fruity as some viennas I’ve had, but just as supple and well-malted as the best German examples. Soft, grassy/floral hops with low bitterness. Fantastic stuff as usual from Lamere a boire.