Big Rock Köld

Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Calgary, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Another purveyor that the water used makes a big difference. Well, its not bad in a pinch New Year’s Eve. But it is forgettable and plain, though some malt and even a hop or two for taste. More than a thin mouthfeel, so better than average for its style. Understated carbonation was appreciated.

Bottle. Pours a clear almost flat light gold with a spare diminishing white head. Quite poor looking. The sweet aroma of malt, grain and yeast is stale. The flavour’s even worse: crappy macro sweet grain Lager taste. "Made from pure glacial water"? Give me a break. This is crap.

Bottle - courtesy of blankboy. Pours a very light, clear yellow-gold with a moderate white head that disappears pretty quickly. Aroma of wet cardboard and stale malt - not very appealing. Flavour is better than the aroma suggests, but is still pretty bland and lifeless. It reminded me of most of the Brick beers (i.e. bland, inoffensive, macro-style lagers) - which makes sense, I guess, since Brick brews a lot of Big Rock beers for the Ontario market.

Bottle (341ml). courtesy of blankboy. Poured bright clear bubbly light gold, with a fizzy white head like foam rubber. Aroma of nasty stale grain, some sort of harsh sweetness, rice, very pungent, almost skunky - I have smelled this before, sadly. Taste is stale, floury, like tupalev says, generic macro lager, at least it’s not offensively sweet or skunky. Thin and watery and sort of half-arsed fizzy - It smells bad, but tastes ehh.

Bottle, thanks Blankboy. Very light yellow, almost watery like, fluffy white head. Stale corn aroma. Taste is grainy and light, pretty much a macro lager without anything too offensive. Drinkable on a lawnmower I suppose, but this is November in Toronto - I’m cold and this kinda sucks, especially as Big Rock can make some decent beers when it isn’t try to woo the masses. Oh well, another Canadian rating.

Poured golden with a small foamy head. Lots of carbonation. First taste made me think of Molson Canadian. Very generic tasting. Dissapointed considering the Big Rock name. Good beer to have on a hot day or stilling on a patio

This beer was pretty disapointing considering that Big Rock makes some great beers! It was like they tried to make the closest thing to Molson Canadian as possible. Why? I can only wonder. It had some of the trademark Big Rock flavors, but left a plain & dull flavor in my mouth. I wouldn’t turn one down if offered a free Kold in the street, but you won’t find me buying this stuff again.

Bottle: Poured a golden body with thin white head. Just average looking. Corn aroma with slight skunk and hops. Watery, slightly bitter, and corn flavour. Bitter aftertaste, very water all the way down. Not too great.....wouldnt really cared if I had it again.