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Bowes Special 7

Score
326
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Brewed by Groupe Geloso
Style: Pale Lager
Laval, Canada

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RATINGS: 24   MEAN: 1.6/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.85   EST. CALORIES: 147   ABV: 4.9%
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2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
Metalchopz (1173) - Quebec, CANADA - SEP 14, 2011
Originally rated April 2006. This cheaply priced Quebec lager pours a blonde colour with a decent white creamy head. The intense carbonation keeps a good retention, and lacing is also creamy around the glass. At first, there is a nice clean malt scent, but later, a rusty / alcohol aroma comes out. Mouthfeel is watery and slightly oily. When dranked from the can, this beer tastes like water, but when dranked from a glass, the corn really stands out. Grain appears in the aftertaste. The whole glass is covered with lace, as it goes down... quite nice. AKA Bowes Original Lager, this beer is easy to swill down (caution headaches), but is better than what most will say.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
TaktikMTL (4133) - Montréal-Nord, Quebec, CANADA - AUG 30, 2011
Canette de 355 ml achetée au Magasin Général (Baldwin Mills, QC). Arôme: Très légère odeur de maïs. Apparence: La couleur est blonde avec une très faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de maïs avec une pointe citronnée. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps et la texture sont mince. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de maïs en arrière goût. (Rating #3785)

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
sseb69 (774) - Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA - JUL 25, 2010
Cannette 341 ml. Bouteille 341 ml. 4.9%. Couleur jaune maïs, mousse blanche, arôme de céréale. Douce en bouche, peu maltée, peu houblonnée, elle est rafraîchissante et sans-arrière goût. Elle reste cependant sous-évaluée d’après moi. Pour ma part, c’est un classique de plusieurs années passée.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
MrManning (1942) - London, Ontario, CANADA - FEB 8, 2008
341 ml bottle- Pale bright yellow, frothy white fizz. Really faint noce of corn, lemons and grass with grains and rice. Light, light grain flavour, rice, hay, slight hops. Watery, quick finish. Painless and forgettable.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Viper666 (1159) - Saint-Hubert, Quebec, CANADA - MAY 16, 2007
Cannette. De couleur jaune pâle et transparente. Nez de grains de malt pâle, léger de maïs avec des notes de riz et de faibles notes de houblon herbeux (gazon mouillé) et chimiques. Mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture aqueuse et aux notes rappelant le beurre. Léger goût de grains de malt pâle lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût de maïs légèrement sucré avec des traces acétyles (beurre) puis une finale aux notes sèches comprenant de faibles notes amères de houblon herbeux et un petit goût métallo-chimique. Post-goût court aux notes sèches, aux faibles notes amères de houblon et aux traces chimiques.

1
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
AceOfSpades (7) - CANADA - MAY 3, 2007 does not count
This is among the worst beer i’ve tasted, it tastes like paper. This beer is not even good for chugging, I’ve thrown it up even before it was past the throat, absolutely awful, Black Label is pure gold compraed to that dump.

2.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
caledonian (367) - Surrey, British Columbia, CANADA - OCT 9, 2006
Bottle. Typical lager appearance, light golden with a wisp of a head. Aroma is actually surprisingly decent, light on any distinct notes, but well rounded, not the usual corn aroma. Taste is more like a light beer, watered down. Still, not bad, I could see drinking this on a hot day. I’ve had a lot worse. From the other ratings, I’d suggest to try the bottle, instead of the can, if you’re going to try it at all.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
HogTownHarry (4809) - Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, CANADA - SEP 25, 2006
Can (355ml). Woo. Clear pale gold, average white bubbly head - looks like cheap macro lager. Pretty nasty aroma, like stale dog crap, cheap corn, light ricey alcohol and other crappy things that shouldn’t be in beer; dry, harsh, eventually sweet. Tastes like Blue Light, perhaps a little sweeter and less ugly - I’ve had worse - grainy, sweey, cheap and corny, buttery and harsh in the finish. Fizzy mouthfeel, watery body, quick finish and chemical aftertaste. Pretty much what you’d expect.


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