BrewDog Cult Lager

Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: Premium Lager
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Lager glass

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330ml bottle from Tesco. Pours a pale straw/yellow with virtually no head, only a thin patchy layer of bubbles, and they’re disappearing fast. Not much to mention about the nose either, slightly malty if anything. However, the palate and flavour are another matter, good body and a well balanced malty feel, there’s a pleasant fruity/spicy tang which lingers well. Poor show initially, but a lovely flavoursome finish.

Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2011. Light amber color. Spicy, citrus nose, hoppy, with honey. Sweet, malty flavor, honey, fruity, bland. Thick, rich, body.

Bottle at chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’11. It pours golden yellow, with almost no head and average carbonation. The nose is sweet malt, white bread and grass. The taste is lime, metal, grass, sweet malt, light spice, some honey sweetness and a light bitter finish. So-so.

Bottle at Chris O’s pre GBBF shindig. Cloudy amber pour, white head. Sweet apple nose with caramel and toffee. Caramel and baked apple flavour. Quite hoppy. Fruity-hop finish.

Bottle at ChrisO’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. Clearish gold pour with a fine, white head. Toasty, aged malts in the aroma. Medium sweet flavor, some light honey, faint bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Slightly sticky finish, nice roasted sugars. Past its prime but not bad.

Pours a dark golden amber. Not as bright as any other lager out there. Little to no head, with carbonation bubbling up the entire drink. A slight hint of the presence of hops in the nose. Hint of malt and sweetness. A little malty, with a sweet dryness in the finish (not much though). A little too sweet. And almost bland. Decent mouthfeel, it isn’t overly thin. There is a bit of a dry feeling left I’m guessing from the hops used. Decent enough to drink during a cookout or a big gathering. I could probably share this with my friends who are used to the big 2.

[330ml bottle, Peckham’s Stockbridge, Edinburgh] Used to be known as Hop Rocker, but was re-branded and re-named before being discontinued in favour of 77 Lager (sampled in April 2009). Cult Lager pours a lovely dark golden colour and has a strong alcohol tang to the nose. The taste is pure pilsner, lagerish but with that bitter aftertaste and a hint of the citrus as well. Comparing this to certain mass-marketed German pilsners, it is far ahead of the game [07042009]

Bottle, Utobeer, 33cl, drunk at home. Very golden-brown at the top, very low carbanation, soft, aroma is grassy, hay, leafy, texture is sweet caramel, juicy, some grapes, earthy and some faint soy source and maybe DMS. Not as good as Punk I’m afraid. I can see why it is a retired beer so head down to Utobeer quickly to catch up on this.

Bottle.Golden with a creamy head. Slightly bitter with some maltiness.Medium mouth feel.An above average lager but not in the same class as some of their more exotic products. Worth trying though.

Bottle from Utobeer, London. Darkish amber pour with a small fading off white head. Sweet malty nose with notes of grain and honey. Flavour started sweet then some hoppage kicked in, some fruitiness also. Lingering bitter finish. Not like any lager/pils I’ve tasted but not without some character and slightly underrated imo.

Bottled 0.33L at Ahven. Pale head. Mild hoppy nose. Fruity syropey taste with some hints of raisins. Average hoppiness. Sour and fruity. Quite good.