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Headstrong Munich Lager

Headstrong Munich Lager - Dortmunder/Helles

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34
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A Dortmunder/Helles brewed by
Matt Brewing Company

Utica, New York USA

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872.89/5.02.88/5.05.5%67.3Lager glass P  Stats

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Premier Brands - the Canadian license holder for Headstrong Pale Ale - have taken the unique move of using the brand for a new beer that is not brewed at the original home of Headstrong, Montana’s Big Hole Brewing. Headstrong Munich Lager is their new offering, and like the Pale Ale, it is contract brewed at FX Matt for the Ontario market.
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 Vertical Bacon Strips (581), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/59/20
Jun 26, 2009  
UH...IT’S CRAP? Yup. Dumped into my glass. Ended up with a nice clear light amber brew with a good sized light light tan cap, decent retention and good silty lacing. Man, the smell of this is pretty brutal especially on the initial pour. Warm, unclean, stinky and unappealing with mild malt! The taste was an odd mild fruit with a decent grainy malt backbone early on but that fades quickly, seems alcoholic with some weak watery mouthfeel and weak bitterness. This beer is ass at best.


 Spab (115), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/513/20
May 16, 2009  
473 ml can from LCBO. Pours a clear gold with a small, very quickly disappearing white head. Very (too) sweet malty nose. Taste is not quite as sweet with some breadiness coming through. Pleasant slightly bitter finish, though somewhat syrupy texture. The aroma had me worried but I didn’t mind this.


 JRHBrew (198), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 21, 2009  
What a surprise. It has some character. There is a subtle nuttiness that I really dig.


 fredthecat (116), Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 21, 2009  
the aroma is a soft bready, slight yeast smell. it is golden with a foamy head and the taste is bread and butter with a bit of grass, and has a nice palate with a tiny, pleasant bite. this was a good deal, i used to get it frequently and probably will again


 terrybail (312), London, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/510/20
Feb 14, 2009  
473ml can from the LCBO Pours a dark amber with a small white head lacing at all The aroma is sweet soapy malt The taste is actually quite refreshing sweet but a bit too metallic


 Cletus (4314), Connecticut, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jan 17, 2009  
Pours gold with a white head. Smells and tastes of caramel malt with alight hoppy finish.


 cfrancis (148), Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 7, 2009  
I find it funny that they market this as a munich lager. Still an enjoyable drink. Hoppy taste that’s not unpleasant for a moderate finish.


 Nekronos (2094), Xalapa, Mexico
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 24, 2008  
Aweseome, this beer should be rated higher. The head is impressing and the taste is better than most NAFTA beers I have tried. NOt really looks like a Munich beer but it’s superb.



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