Great Western Brewhouse Pilsner

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Can. Pours a pale watery yellow, with a thick white head that very quickly reduces to nothing. Nose is straight up corn, with notes of malt and apples. No Molson’s stale bile character, which is nice. Palate is more grain and corn, with a bit of creaminess, but watery, bland, and rather shite. Metallic too. This is a better buck-a-can beer than many of the Malt Liquors and such, but this is still watery, piss-awful pale lager.

A - Little to no nose A - Light yellow T - Sugary sweetness throughout P - Watery O - The smell itself gives me a headache.

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.

Light yellow pour with small head. Aroma of wheat and corn. Taste is slightly sweet malt with corn in the background. More like a pale lager than a pilsener. Only real thing going for this beer is its high drinkability, but not that enjoyable.

Colour is basic yellow. Smells of water & yeast. Taste: No bite at all, nothing gripping, light and flat barley, salt, watery tasting finish that is remarkably long. Oily.

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.

Not a good beer by any means, the only reason it scored high on appearance is because it looks the way a beer like this should, nothing wrong with the way it looks. For a cheap beer its about as good as you can get, but again, not a good beer.

***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.

Pours a light yellow with a large frothy head. Aroma of musty creamed corn, alcohol, maybe some grain... maybe? Some spice from the hops in there if you really look for it too. Tastes like old corn and stale barley dust. With a hint of spice and cardboard. Creamed corn finish. Palate is usuall macro brew. That makes sense because as I understand the story these guys were the union when molson shut down the Saskatoon brewery. What do you expect for the price? Keep this one in the bottle or can.

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.