3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Hazy golden, small head. Grassy, fruity nose. Medium sweet with clean flavour profile and crisp mouthfeel. Reasonably hoppy with a citric touch and some toffee. Susprisingly tasty!
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle, Brewery Creek
Mardel/Santa Clara del Mar, along with El Bolson/Bariloche and Baires were Argentina’s pioneering microbrew regions. The three would be akin to SF, Seattle and PDX in the US. Antares was one of the bigger pioneering breweries from that era. That we can now get this in Vancouver brings a tear to my eye, as it is a watershed moment both in both the Vancouver and Argentinian scenes. May Fukito be able to buy a Black Toque in the near future...
Hazy straw colour. Large bubbles - looks rustic and kolsch is the opposite of that. Aroma is toasty, salty with a mushroom/tofu note. Quite toasty pale malt with earth and pear skin notes alongside black pepper and mushroomy notes. Watery finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Malty aroma with some fruitiness. Malty fruity flavor with some saltiness. Long malty aftertaste with some bitterness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
660ml bottle-pours a thin white film that reduces to a ring of bubbles for a head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is light grain, secondary citrus. Taste is light grain-some sweet/caramel/crystal malt (the malt from the CA brewery), secondary grassy/citrus hops. Mild carbonation.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
courtesy of Per Forsgren - hazy blond-orange colour with a little white foam; aroma of almonds, dusty and yeasty; low carbonation with a thin malt body; moderalety dry finish with citric and caramelish notes
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Hazy blonde with a thin white head. Light lemony aroma, with tart lactic acid notes. In mouth, a lambic like confection, not bad, but this isnt a lager or a kolsch!!!Medium bodied. On tap at Patio Cervecero, BAires, 5$AR.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Slightly cloudy blonde body with a very small white head. Light aroma of wet buttery malts. The body is well malted and the malts feel bready, “wet” and soft. Wet grass and a light vegetable flavour taking of the form of cooked rutabaga. Some perfumy hops adds an aromatic touch but not much to the taste. Sweet malts finish with a light smoke touch. The too-soft carbonation didn’t improve the bland experience. Felt cheap. That’s what you get when you pay for your source material with pesos.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Grainy and toasty with plenty of sweetness and a lot of corn in the nose. Hazy yellow-tan coloured body is topped by a fizzy white head that recedes rapidly to a thin partial cover. Corn and toasted malts and a very dusty character with moderate bitterness at the finish. Medium-light body is somewhat watery in texture with short-lived and somewhat low carbonation. Stem glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle (Brewery Creek, Jul-07).
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