Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle. Clear golden with a fluffy white head. Aroma and taste of corn, some malt and grain. Thin and watery. Not good at all.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Originally rated November 2009. This Caribbean lager showed up at the LCBO. Hope it is spicy like their food. Pours a pale golden colour with lots of medium-sized bubbles, a big frothy white head, decent retention and good dirty lacing. The nose is malty at first with some spiciness. Then, it turns into the normal swill aromas that I find disgusting (probably cheap hop... kind of rusty). The taste reminds me of club soda, wet with that mild salty and carbonated gas finish. Some light malt is there the whole way, that is not bad. Refreshing overall (which is what those warm countries want), but not something I seek right now (as it is starting to freeze outside). Ahhh winter !
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Bottle from Half Time. Pours pale gold with a somewhat fizzy white head. Aroma is mildly grassy, and dispite the brown bottle it seems a tad skunked. Med body. Maybe it was grassiness rather than skunk. It is mildly bready and nicely bitter. Better than expected.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Semi-drinkable pale lager. Dull golden color, fluffy head. Aroma starts dusty but hints at floral and spicy hops. Flavor has some weird citrus (oranges, lemons) that isn’t from the hops, but more like a real fruit flavor (though none is used). Its a bit offputting actually but it subsides into a semi sweet grainy lager with a mild hop presence. Mouthfeel is light but even and not watery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
12 oz. bottle, trade with daknole. Well, an extra appearance point just for its handsome silk-screened bottle. Beer itself is pale gold, a little hazy. Medicinal smell. Close up, I get some mild malt and hops, but clearly some corn, and a note of oxidation. Taste is a little better. Some prickly bitterness on my tongue. Bottle is Best Before End Oct09, so this is supposed to still be optimal. Not much malt, what’s new. Still, this comes across okay in the total package. Supposedly better out in the Caribbean than in Illinois in October.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
A golden lager with a thick receeding white head. Light and grassy adjunct and malt aroma. In mouth, a lightly chalked malt with light grassy hops. Light bodied but refreshing on a scorcher like today. Bottle from LCBO, BB Dec. 2009.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Brown bottle, 355 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on July 17 2009; eye: golden, clear, slight effervescence, tiny creamy white head, no lacing; nose: grain, malt, light caramel; mouth: grain, corn, malt, watery finale with a layer of caramel; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 17 juillet 2009; œil : dorée, claire, très légère effervescence, petite mousse blanche crémeuse, pas de dentelle; nez : grain, malt, très léger caramel; bouche : grain, maïs, malt, finale aqueuse avec une couche de caramel, corps léger, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée; en résumé : bien ordinaire
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle: Poured a clear deep golden color lager with a large foamy white head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma of adjunct with lightly sweet malt. Taste is also dominated by some sweet adjunct with a pretty bland taste overall. Another world lager that is probably better if chugged on a beach in Barbados.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12 ounce bottle courtesy of daknole. Thanks! Pours a pale straw yellow color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Huge amounts of carbonation cling to the side of the glass. Aroma of corn, hay and light grassy hops. Taste is corn, green apple, grain and grassy hops. Thin-medium bodied. Not bad.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Poures a clear golden with a carbonated white head. Aroma is sweet and grassy. Taste is smooth with grass and grain flavor. For a pale lager this isn’t so bad.