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Hogsback Vintage Lager

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3275
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Hogsback Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager
Ottawa, Canada
Serve in Lager glass

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RATINGS: 51   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.83   IBU: 18   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Our inaugural and flagship style is a European-inspired lager with superior flavour derived from using only premium ingredients combining three malt types (2-Row, Munich and Vienna), unique Saaz hops and German lager yeast. The result is a crisp, flavourful lager experience.


most recent ratings

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
trieckie (1) - - MAY 18, 2013 does not count
Excellent Kolsh. Refreshing, clear, low carbonation. Tasted at Cold Tea, Toronto ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
thorongil2 (660) - , Ontario, CANADA - MAY 4, 2013
(can) clear medium amber colour with a tall white head; light aroma of stewed fruit, hint of metal; clean and balanced flavour with a long light bitter finish; inoffensive if unexceptional

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Canmoore (67) - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA - MAY 3, 2013
This beer pours a crystal clear straw colour, with a medium white head. The aroma is of straw, caramel, oatmeal, and cereal. Tasting notes include caramel, light malts, crackers, slight bitterness. This is a pleasant unoffensive beer perfect for people who are new to craft beers.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jimmay (807) - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA - MAR 29, 2013
500 ml can from lcbo. Pours yellow in colour, with nice frothy white head. Easy drinking lager that does not taste like corn

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Gethinbeer (1821) - Musky, Nova Scotia, CANADA - MAR 11, 2013
Clear golden colour with a thin lace. Hazy appearance. Honey malt flavour. Thin body.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
RxForHealth (73) - - FEB 2, 2013
Strong yeast aroma right out of the can. Pours a dark yellow, small head that disappears almost immediately. On the tongue, A fair amount of carbonation, some fruit. Long, sweet, finish, that isn't unpleasant. A "meh" beer. Quite boring for a microbrewery. I would not buy this again. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
OntBeerDrinker (302) - Ontario, CANADA - JAN 16, 2013
2 finger white pillow head yellow in front coppery orange away and carbinated. Smell is not a macro lager smell but a little sweet and ruff and like a stronge lager type smell. Taste is kinda ruff a bit, I can taste some earthyness and hot bit and mabye a littlle lemon. Taste like a Eroupen lager ,mabye or mabye even a venna lager. Eather wather better quality lager then a macro lager and nothing great or good 2 me but not crappy and way better then a macro 4/10

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Viper666 (2682) - Saint-Hubert, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 12, 2013
Canette 473ml. de couleur dorée foncée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucrés, léger de houblon herbeux aux notes fruitées (fraises) et avec des traces de miel. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux notes huileuses. Goût de grains de malt sucrés avec de faibles traces de fruits (agrumes) lors de l’entrée en boucne auquel se rajoute un moyen goût de pain ainsi que quelques traces de miel puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux (gazon mouillé) aux faibles notes florales. Post-goût moyen-court et aux notes sèches, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux.

2.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Strangebrewer (632) - Chatham, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 29, 2012
can. Poured clear amber with a thinning white head. Subdued grainy aroma. Medium-light body with average carbonation. Kinda tangy-bready-grainy flavour, nothing really sticks out. Finishes a bit watery and bland.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
AWS9 (406) - Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 25, 2012
Can. Standard gold lager appearance. Faint hop aroma, inoffensive. Clean taste, but not much going on really. Started to grate on me as I got near the bottom. Very meh lager.


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