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Brewed by Hop City Brewing Company
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Brampton, Canada

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common

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RATINGS: 178   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.93   IBU: 24   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
When your brewmaster comes up with a recipe as good as this one, you let him name the beer whatever he wants. Here’s what makes our recipe so darn good: a rich burnt orange colour, darker than most lagers, a smooth, medium body with a bold, but pleasant, hop taste, full of flavour, unlike your traditional ’cold-as-ice’ beers with no taste, made with only the best ingredients, including Canadian & English Malts, and German & Czech Hops.


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3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
sseb69 (1260) - Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA - APR 5, 2011
En fût. Pub Italia. 5%. Couleur ambrée orangée, mousse blanche crémeuse. En bouche, crémeuse, un peu de caramel, malt. Finale douce. Très bonne.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JoeMcPhee (7625) - Toronto, ON, Ontario, CANADA - APR 3, 2011
Amber pour with a thin white head. The aroma is lightly nutty and toasty. A bit of light clean malt. No real hoppiness, but it’s clean and reasonably tasty.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Johnsense (454) - - MAR 27, 2011
Had on tap as it was this or Rickards Red. Pours a dark gold colour with a 2 finger head. Light malty aroma. No off tastes but then again, not much taste at all except for some caramel malt - not really much happening here. Over carbonnated. Overall, it’s clean, but boring, Moosehead’s description of this middle of the road lager is misleading. Cut the wussy shit and try something bolder.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Hammy78 (614) - Dundas, Ontario, CANADA - MAR 15, 2011
Draught at "The Winking Judge" Hamilton Ontario. Copper pour with a white head and OK lace. Aroma is of berry and hop. Taste is honey, hop, slightly bitter and a dry finish.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
ontbeermaker (1832) - Ontario, CANADA - FEB 27, 2011
On tap at Jackastors, this beer is quite nice actaully, it has a nice mix of hops and malts, taste quite hoppy through the finish and it has nice head and lacing,

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jimmay (807) - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 14, 2011
On tap. Pours nice copper colour, white head. Nicely balanced, caramel malt and euro hops. Pleasantly surpised!

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
TaktikMTL (4809) - Montréal-Nord, Quebec, CANADA - OCT 19, 2010
En fût. Pinte dégustée au Pub Italia (Ottawa, ONT). Arôme: Légère odeur de céréales. Apparence: La couleur est cuivrée avec une très faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de caramel et d’houblons. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement houblonné. (Rating #3318)

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Radek Kliber (5912) - Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), POLAND - SEP 28, 2010
On tap at Cest What 22 Beer Festival
Aroma generic feel, amber malts with some sweet sugar coated citrus fruit.
Appearance clear amber with fine creamy top. 3+
Flavor and Palate : medium light bodied. Slight sourness on sides. Bit oxidized I think. Malty mid. Quiet ordinary I must say.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
robinvboyer (2578) - Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 6, 2010
On tap at the angel inn, in niagara on the lake. Pour a nice clear copper with a small white head. Aroma of sweet buscuot malt, and some nive bready esters. Flavor has a nice floral semi citric hop quality with a nice bready malt finish. Decent stuff

2.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
basspro76 (423) - New York, USA - JUL 12, 2010
Drank from the tap at a casino in Niagara Falls, ON. Pours a light brownish red with a foamy tan head. Slight amount of malt aroma. Taste is sweet malts, little bit of carbonation some light fruit in their as well. Clean finish.


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