Great Western Brewhouse Pilsner

Brewed by Great Western Brewing (Canadian Brewing)
Style: Pale Lager
Saskatoon, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Jan 29, 2009 355 ml can. 355 ml can. and another 355 ml can. Honestly, it’s hard to judge this beer without considering the context - against any beer in the category, the Brewhouse has more flavour, more punch, and great consistency. Sure - if you want a stout ... this ain’t your beer - but as a easy drinking, Canadian style pilsener ... Brewhouse has the most flavour out of all I’ve tried. So far.

Clean and easy drinking, thats about it. Good and cheap for after hockey or whatever sport your playing.

Tastes pretty good - in buck-a-beer class. It is medium bodied, bit waterly, some aroma, quickly vanishing head, inoffensive and very drinkable for a value beer. It does have pilsener taste although not nearly as strong as premium pilsener. compared to PC pilsener this beer has more taste and also cheaper! (I’ve done side by side testing). I came from Molson Black Label Ice, PC(bigrock) and this tastes better than the other two in the category. I would buy again. Paid $62.94+tax+dep in Calgary (72 can purchase)

Bottle 341 ml
Aroma clean , no off aromas, proper with mild hop accents. 5+
Appearance clear nice golden lager with white cap. Proper. 3+
Flavor and Palate : medium light bodied. Light malt base with semi dry body. No off notes. Proper clean mass lager. Light hop accents on top end. Good for what it is.

Pours a clear yellow, low carbonation with a thin white filmy head. Aroma is grainy, light saaz hops and a very light fruity - apple, white grape note. Flavor a moderate grainy malt note, some light bread and grape. Density is pretty good for the style, mild carbonation and a light thin texture. Overall not a bad pale lager at all but it does fall on the sweet side of the spectrum for beer.

355ml can pours straw in color with a small white head and virtually no lacing. Aroma is cheap malts and hops. Taste is cheap malts and hops. Just another terrible macrobrew.

***rereview - this beer is all about very sweet malts and is pretty much undrinkable the second it gets below frozen. It appears that the only time I thought this was really good was the first time I had it - dolt!

Crystal clear standard lager gold brew with a small bubbly head that faded to a film - some small spotty lacing. Aroma is not that bad but on the weak side. Lightly sweet and a mix of barley, wheat and the aroma of a couple of fresh logs pinched off in the litter thanks to my cat. Taste is pretty straight forward and would compete with the big domestics. Smooth with a mild mix of barley and other stuff that fell into the tank. Mild hops are there as well. I’ll say it now - multiple times I’ve tasted something that tastes like "Christmas"...and not just the taste of the enormous quantity of beers that I pound every year as the family drunk. This beer just gets better and better. Smooth drinking. It is very drinkable on the warmer side without the usual side effects of warm Canadian lagers. Leaves a nice aftertaste even though you can notice a touch of alcohol here and there.

An odd odour was prevalent even before I poured the beer...which had a light brown color and thin head. The flavor was very plain and lacked any real characters. Dirt cheap beer...that tastes like it too!

Pale golden lager with a thick white resilient head. Rather lemony aroma with chalky notes. Lightly malted taste with little hops, no character, a bit sweet corn taste, rather plain. Inoffensive.

(Bottle) Faint lemony aroma. Pours a thin, white head and a golden body. Slight malt flavour. Boring.