Creemore Springs Premium Lager

500 ml bottle. Pours a clear, mostly orange, partly brown, with a normal sized white head, a little lacing. Smells hoppy and fruity-sweet, a little malty. Taste is hops and malt, some bitterness, and an undertone of mild honey-vanilla sweetness. Slightly astringent tongue feel and a bit lively, but not over-carbonated, and quite full and otherwise smooth in the mouth. A good, pretty strong bitter and lightly citrusy tasting finish. Not off the wall shit here, just really quite nice.

Pours light amber with a quick dissipating white creamy head. Sweet, slightly yeasty and roasted malt nose, gives way to some floral accents. Minimal carbonation. Some grass and honey, apricot notes with a nice maltiness. Somewhat watery. Round and Good.

This beer pours a nice amber colour with a creamy white head. Initial smell comes up with citrus and caramel malt. First taste is smooth with flavours of malts and a slight bitter hop taste. I find this brewery to have its own flavour like non other. The palate is pleasant with a slight bitterness and sugary malt flavours.

One of the local beers worth promoting to people. A beautiful amber coloured lager with a quickly dissipating head and nice lacing. a little sweet at first then a nice lingering aftertaste with a bitter tinge. Solid.

Copper colour with a thin white head. Aroma of malt and graham crackers. Medium-bodied; Astringent malt flavours up front, soon showing a bit sweeter tastes. Aftertaste is fairly bittering-not pleasant, but not horribly offensive. All-in-all, a decent beer-but nothing special. I got this pint at the Scruffy Something in Toronto, Ontario on 05-December-2003.

Clear golden apperance. Slight malty aroma. Clean mainly malty flavors, some hops are there in the background. Decent lager.

I had this beer for the first time at a friend's house in Toronto in September 2001. I fell instantly enamored of it for its understated complexity, its sessionable quality and its moderate bitterness. Reminds me a bit of a poor man's Anchor Steam. Later on the same trip, I had an opportunity to visit the brewery in person in up-state Ontario. It is nestled in the beautiful small town of Creemore Springs. Unexpectedly they were having a festival of sorts that day, with tours and tastings. At that time, they only had the Lager (later added the Bock). I was hooked. It took me over two years to get another Creemore past my lips (same friend brought some to me in Wisconsin). This time I was less impressed, but that is perhaps due to it following a Stone Double Bastard, which methinks rendered my taste buds useless for the rest of the evening. Nevertheless I still enjoyed it. It has a bland, yeasty lager aroma. Amber in color with a large white head. Slow visible carbonation and head that is mostly eroding. Cookie notes on the tongue. Not as sweet as I remember. Nice cookie, malty finish. Mildly hoppy. Hop profile improves as it warms.

A very nice pilsener. Amber hue, nice lace. Fruity hop aroma, some sweet malt as well. Flavor was nicely balanced between malt and hops. Very smooth.