0.9 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20
Can. I’d like to point out that I brought five beers to the RBSG2004: Westy-8 (top 10), Great Divide Hercules (top 50), Anchor OSA 1998 vintage, Anchor OSA 2000 vintage, and a can of THIS. I saw it for 99 cents at a bottle store and decided to bring it just for fun. God knows how old it was, and it turns out that I needed Alberta for my collection anyway, so bonus. Anyway, back to my story. There was so much beer at the RBSG that not all of it was drank, and only two of mine got consumed. THIS WAS ONE OF THEM!! The description on the can said "Genuine glacier water lager". At least I could get a rating out of it without ruining my palate, since it was just water. No head. No aroma. No flavor...just nothing!
1 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
UPDATED: OCT 28, 2004 I like dishwater, I like vegetables, I like olive oil yummy yum yum yum yum yum yum
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 7/20
Yellow, that’s all. No head. No lace. Soapy aromas with light malts. More soap in the flavor, mild malts. Mild and unentertaining.
1.3 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Someone brought a can of Kold to the RBSG ’04, and as many needed Alberta, it was a big draw. Unfortunately, it was also not a good beer. Glowing yellow color with a fizzy white head and a nose that reminded me of cold baked beans. Flavor was very thin, with some canned corn/vegetable tastes. It would have been better colder.
1.2 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
RBSG 04, the true highlight of the night. Pours a piss yellow, which i will give a 2 because it actually has color. Aroma of baked beans? that was the final verdict. Having no taste i will give a 3, because it was much better than having the taste follow up the bean aroma, that would have been awful. I will give it a 5 overall due to its bean like quality, which may have taken a ton of effort to achieve.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Straw color with a small white head. Earthy hop aroma. Clean grainy malt flavor with a mellow hop bitterness. Finishes clean and dry.
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Can: Fizzy yellow, sweet aroma. Well it doesn’t smell like corn. That is about the only thing that it has going for it. Oh yeah, it isn’t overly carbonated either.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had a glass of this at "Spolumbo’s" Calgary’s East End wunder bar with great Italian sausages. It tapped a pale straw color with a smallish white head that went out to a thin lace that clings to the glass through the drink. Had slight aromas of grains malt and hop. Started very crisp, almost like a pilsner, but sat very comfortably on the palate like a light lager with a good, but thin, balance of hops, malt and grain tastes, then finished cleanly with a slight (not unpleasant) malt after taste. Some may call this drink “watery” but it is a thirst buster type lager not intended to be categorized or compete with import or craft lagers....just to guzzle with some gooey sandwich.
This is a very good commercial light summer lager, I much prefer this over most of the mega brew lagers...and with a famous Spolumbo’s sausage sandwich it hit the spot right on the mark.
Two great Calgary traditions that just seem to have an affinity for each other I suppose. Perhaps that’s why my impression of this light beer is so positive.
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