Laker Red 5.5

Brewed by Brick Brewing Company
Style: American Dark Lager
Waterloo, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Mild malt aroma, copper colour, pours a large toffee head, some lace. Malty, nutty, slight caramel flavour, a subdued bitterness follows. Medium bodied, dry, a pleasant surprise.

UPDATED: NOV 9, 2009 one of the best buck a beers, a much stronger and initially better taste than would be expected, but after a few beers it gets a little annoying.

Bottle, pours a nice reddish colour, that is quite clear, the beer was refreshing, it had a very nice and easy drink taste, prob the best laker product I have tasted. very crisp

Tasted 11/3/08. 12oz bottle. Filtered with an amber hue. Moldy ring of head. Caramel cereal aromas. Medium bodied with sweet malts and a bitter acidic finish. Moderate effervescence. Touch dry in the finish.

Bottle. There’s a touch of red in the appearance, but more-so deep amber meets brown. Pleasing malt and cherry aroma. Palate is a little thin, and is bettered by a rich malty flavour and berryfruit middle. Thin malt finish. Fairly ordinary, though a standout in the Ontario buck-a-beer category.

Actually kind of red...who knew? More of a copper with a short bubbly off white head. Aroma of very dull beries, faint hops, and caramel. Fruity raspberry tart. Club soda carbonation. At least it tastes like something other than the cheap swill it really is.

Originally rated August 2005. Their site still says 5.9% ABV, but the label on my bottle is at 5.5% ABV. Bought in Ontario too. Pours a clean golden-brown-red colour with a foamy off-white head. Light carbonation and retention, with no lacing in sight. The nose is pretty impressive though, with strong rusty malt. The mouthfeel is watery and the taste is far from what it smells. Mostly corn. Starts off slightly bitter, but middle is corn, finish is corn and aftertaste is corn. Nothing offensive, and if you like corn... you will like this one. Just don’t expect a red tasting brew.

this beer was not really up to my standards. everytime i finished one i was like thank god. and then felt disapointed becuase i had more to go

Dark red color, little head. Malty, little fruit, faint hops in the nose. Sweet malty body, some hops. Quite thin. Not great.

There is a touch of caramel and bitterness in here but thats about all. Kind of a funky wierdness too it that is not entirely worth the minimum number of words.