Great Dane Mallards Ale

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: Cream Ale
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Footed Pilsner, Lager glass

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This beer has gone to the lite side in 2007. Palest yellow - resembles an American lite. Nice enough head and a bit of corny aroma. Tastes better than it looks with a bit of malted barley coming and going. A good beer for >80 in the shade, but a bit thin for a cream ale.

On tap at a Madison Mallards game last night, pours a clear light golden/yellow with a thin head, aroma is of light grain with some grass, the flavor is very light with some grain being the vocal point, really light and easy drinking, not terrible when it’s 98 degrees outside at 8 pm.

(Draught) Pours a clear pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of grain, mustiness, and cream corn. Flavor of grass, grain, corn, and some vomit-like aftertaste.

Very very light clear gold. Feels nice and fizzy. Some honey, malts and hop. Quite sweet. Quite forgettable, too.

Pours a somewhat clear golden body with a soft head. Aroma is moderately malted with grassy notes and taste is a little grainy. Vanilla, decidious fruit- very clean and crisp finish.

On tap at the brewpub on 6/22/07: Pours a transparent lifeless pale golden with a thin wisp of white bubbles. Aroma of pale grainy malt with a touch of noble hops. Body starts light and semi-sweet with some grain and maize flavor before a thinner bittersweet finish. A pretty boring and bland brew, but not offensive.

Sampled at the Great Dane - Madison Airport before a flight back home. Pours a dilute yellow, almost clear. Bleached white head. Modest lacing. Aromas are light and airy with flour-y breadiness and a hint of fruit. Appropriate creamy flavor, with breadiness and fruit asi n the fragrance. Dry aspect after each swallow. Mild corn flair. All in all, a shoulder-shrugging "meh" beer for me.

Name: Mallard’s Ale
Date: 06/22/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Madison

clear pale yellow, scant white head, light sweet malt aroma with a hint of fruit and a touch of corn, sweet malt flavor, nice grain character, touch of corn, very low hops or bitterness but keeps the sweet in check

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4

Draft at the brewpub (downtown location). Poured a clear golden color. Head was thin, white, and left only minimal lace behind. Watered down aroma with slight whiffs of caramel and cereal grain. Slightly sweet on the tongue. Plenty of pleasant malty caramel and fresh cereal grain flavor. There was also a milky aftertaste I’ve never experienced before with a beer.

On tap @ the brewpub (downtown): Pours a clear gold with a white head. Aroma, pale malts, yeast, grassy hops. Flavor, grassy herbal hops, some pale malts, and yeast. Nothing special.