Cool Beer Millennium Buzz

Brewed by Cool Beer Brewing Co.
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Toronto, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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UPDATED: JUN 19, 2013 This beer is a lot better then I thought it would be. It goes down easy but with some enjoyable taste. There are better craft beers out there but usually you need to pay the extra money. This beer is actually on the cheap price end, was $5 at LCBO for a pack of 4 cans. You can pay the same or more for a lot worse mass produced beers and cheap discount beers then this one. I would drink this again. It is a decent beer at a very good price.

Copper in color with a thin tan head. Aroma is grassy, coppery and slightly musty on the surface. Maltiness comes through afterwards. Flavor is somewhat sweet, pretty simple but as with the aroma, the maltiness is later revealed. Smooth and enjoyable through and through. Not so good as it warms though. Don’t dilly dally while drinking this one.

Oh, I havn’t rated it here b4. 1st had it in the 4pack bottles way b4 cans ever cam,then since had a few can’s. Extremley cheap and fine for what it is. Amber color,white head,a tad sweet mabye a tad fruit,some servings have a lot of nutty(hemp)taste,some it seems not so much or none at all. For how it taste,look and for price, it’s good for what it is. I don;t mind a few here there now that single cheap priced cans r around but wouldnt want it often. Need’s more hemp(nutty taste)cheer’s.

[bottle] Slightly nutty and raisiny aroma that is dominated by a oxidized cardboard and metal. Clear dark amber under a quickly receding white cover. Flavour is likewise nuts and dried fruit dominated by spicy oxidized/cardboard character. Some spicy melanoidins and watermelon notes. Good sweet/bitter balance. Medium body, moderate carbonation, sweet, brown sugar finish.

355ml can pours a pale amber color with a finger of off-white head that leaves only a couple spots of lacing. Aroma is light grainy malts and herbs. Taste is light malty sweetness with a herbal presence and a mild hoppy finish. Light to medium body and light carbonation. A basic lager with some herbs is pretty decent, but nothing special.

Sample at the Strange Brew Tasting on 02/18/2012. Pours a brownish-copper color with a medium thin off-white head that diminishes quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Cereal malt and hay in the nose. Light body with a slightly herbal (get it?) character and notes of sweet malt and pine. The finish is short with a sweet malt aftertaste. Just an average gimmick beer overall.

Bottle shared by a friend. Clear amber pour with a thick off-white head. Malty nose with herbal and grassy character. Malty and grassy flavor with a bitter earthy finish.

Had this in a reggae club in Kensington. Not sure whether the hemp is supposed to contribute anything to the taste of the beer other than a lucrative targeted marketing, but the beer isn’t very impressive. Mild hint of bleach aftertaste. On tap.

Bouteille 341ml. De couleur cuivrée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucrés aux petites notes rôties, moyen de caramel butterscotch, léger de légumes bouillis et de houblon herbeux avec des traces de fruits (agrumes). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et croustillant ainsi qu’une texture aux notes huileuses. Petites notes fruitées (agrumes, traces de fruits tropicaux) avec un léger goût de légumes bouillis sucrés lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de grains de malt sucrés aux faibles notes rôtie et un moyen goût de caramel butterscotch aux petites notes brûlées puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux (herbes mouillées) avec des traces de noix asséchantes. Post-goût moyen-court, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux avec des traces de rôti et de noix.

Cool Beer seems to want to get some of the LCBO market with this small 4-packs, and this one being $5.50 written on it (among others like "Cool" and "Stonewall Light Lager"). Pours a copper-orange colour with a big creamy beige head that has decent retention and nice lacing. The aroma is mild but has some interesting notes of caramel, nuts, fruits, burnt sugars and hops. The taste starts a bit sweet with some butterscotch, then hints of fruits appear with some grainy malt to end on a light vegetable finish. Overall, not too sweet, easy-going and interesting to say the least.