Buzzards Bay Lager

Formerly brewed at Just Beer (fka Buzzards Bay Brewing)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Westport, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass

UPDATED: SEP 4, 2005 (Bottle) Frothy white head, clear yellow body. Nose is bready, yeasty, malty. Nice hint of smokiness and breadiness in flavor. Just needs a bit more oomph overall. Not a bad lager, just could ue a little more body and flavor. (Note: this bottle was not labelled as "Olde Buzzard Lager" but just "Buzzards Bay Lager"; also neck label says "Dortmunder"-style.)

Fairly run of the mill, I couldn’t pick up on anything special in this one. While by no means bad, it just didn’t offer anything original to the style besides a bitter nuttiness that I wasn’t thrilled about.

12 oz bottle pours a murky brownish copper with a foamy two fingered head. Aroma is malty with cinnamon and apple. Taste is a lot more sour than I thought it would be with really sour limes. A really starnge brew that is best suited for the drain.

(bottle) Pours flaxen in color and comes to rest in the glass with a yellow-orange hue and a large white head (slightly fizzy). Complex smell, yeasty, a little doughy, and fruity (grapes). Lively carbonation makes it squirm on the palate. Feels smooth, dry, and crisp. Bready taste with a barely perceptible bitterness in the beginning and a slight sour tartness at the end. A good, well-balanced lager overall.

Pours amber with a thin head that doesn’t stick around. Smells of nananas and oranges. Taste is on the sweet side. Tastes more like a bland golden lager than a dortmunder.

Bottle, I think someone left this here at somepoint. So so nose, sweet and sour. Green apple, sourdough, lemon/lime. Orangy gold color, Good head that disappeared quickly. Sweet bitter flavors, doughy, biscuity, lime, Thin bodied, slippery creamy mouthfeel, bitter toasted finish. A lawnmower for sure, little on the sweet side for my preference.

12 oz bottle for 3.99/sixer mix pack: lightly hazy light amber w/ a short lived spare white head. Aroma initially is a very strong grainy malt. Moderate DMS with hints of green apple. Not unexpected, but DMS seems a little strong. Very, very, minimal floral hop aroma; no fruitiness. Well balanced flavor, but on the sweet malty side. Grainy malt, light floral hop flavor after the initial sweetness. Light green apple, and clean otherwise. Finish is semi dry w/ a clean, malt flavored aftertaste. Heavier light body, higher medium carbonation, smooth. Not terribly exciting, but I could find a worse beer for more money!

Draft: A sweet lager with a dark yellowish color. Doesn’t look like anything really special. Doesn’t really taste like anything special either. It’s not bad, just not great.