5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap. Pours with a clear orange hued body and a large, creamy, off-white head. Aromas are sweet, slightly sticky; hops: slightly herbal, canned pineapple and light strawberry. Flavor has a notable buttery diacetyl component. Bitter, lightly fruity and herbal. Tons of butterscotch. Slick to oily mouthfeel. Medium bubbles. Off putting.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2011
at 11:04
3.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
If sudzy is trying to imitate that flavor of pilsners from the old country, they did it. Everything from the slight veggie aroma to the pilsner bitter bite. Not terribly over the top.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2011
at 14:26
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Looks like pale lager. First I thought it had a tad of skunk in the aroma but in the glass it just smells a little sweet. Fairly mild on the taste buds at first but there is this small amount of unidentified bitterness inthe background. It never goes over the top, its just hidden in there. Yes, almost like a premium lager at times. That lingering mild bitterness goes medium on the finish. Almost comes across like a few decent tasting ’ice beer’ lagers I’ve had. Must be over 5 or 6%.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2011
at 13:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
on tap-pours a dissipating white head with trailing lace and hazy yellow color. Aroma is fruit, light malt. Taste is fruit, some spice, light malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2011
at 07:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle purchased at the Pizza Port bottle shop in Carlsbad, California. Pour is a clear light yellow soft golden with a 1 1/2 inch pure white head. The head falls with thick bubbles. Aroma is fresh cereal grain, along with light floral and nice grass in the back. Taste is cracked cereal grain, followed close behind by the floral grassiness, which has some sharpness to it. Finishes with earthy mineral floral yeast. Palate is light bodied, though has a nice less filtered weight to it. Dry clean gypsum finish. Nice clean easy drinking Pils.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2011
at 15:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Sacramento venue. Pours slightly ruddy amber with a creamy beige head. Aroma is malty. Med body; creamy carb. Flavor seems vinous, and rough roast malt. Not all that sweet, and there’s a touch of floral/fruit hop bitter, but it’s on the sweet side. Interesting.
Earlier Rating: 3/13/2011 Total Score: 3.4
Tap at the Rubicon. Pours clear brilliant coppery brown. thick sweet aroma. Med body/mild carb. It’ssweet, and just a little sticky at the finish. It’s pretty much smooth malt that’s medium roasted. Might be a touch of smoke, but if so it’s very light. There’s a very little astringent bitter in the finish. Drinks smooth like Newcastle brown, but with somewhat more flavor.
Earlier Rating: 3/13/2011 Total Score: 3.4
Tap at the Rubicon. Pours clear brilliant coppery brown. thick sweet aroma. Med body/mild carb. It’ssweet, and just a little sticky at the finish. It’s pretty much smooth malt that’s medium roasted. Might be a touch of smoke, but if so it’s very light. There’s a very little astringent bitter in the finish. Drinks smooth like Newcastle brown, but with somewhat more flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2011
at 20:52
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Pours with a small white head over a clear bronze body. Aromas are bready, toasty, light melanodins, flowery, light alcohol. Flavors are a bit spicy, caramel, some diacetyl that adds a slickness. Missing the complex malt profile of some of the better Marzen’s out there. Missing the melanoidins on the flavor. Lively bubbles. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2011
at 16:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Rich amber beer with a cream colored head. Malt aroma with toffee/caramel. Toffee and light grain flavor with light dark frutiness. Medium bodied. Dark fruit and toffee lingers with light grain and light mineral notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2011
at 11:04
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap. Pours with a clear yellow body and a quick to fade white head. Aromas of grain, grass, lemon and pilsner malt (it seems). Flavors are bready, cornbread, pilsner malt, grassy, light lemon and a touch of salinity. Dry and light. Medium carbonation. Good but bland. No noticeable mistakes, but it isn’t memorable nor assertive.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2011
at 21:06
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours with a deep, hazy orange body and a thin, and quick to fade off-white head. Aromas of candy corn, hay and grain. Fresh bagels and caramel. Light iodine on the aroma as well. Flavors of butter, light vegital, grainy, caramel. Not very clean. I do expect a lot better from Sudwerk. I am disappointed (they generally nail a lot of traditional styles). Diacetyl...really no other descriptor. Strong diacetyl. Lively bubbles. Sudwerks can and should do better than this!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2011
at 21:35