Pioneer Black River Red

Brewed by Sand Creek Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Black River Falls, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

This beer is really pretty decent, but still nothing much to it. I like some more complexity.

Poured a deep red-amber with a decent head that faded to a nice lace. Aroma was of sweet malts with a hint of apple & fruit. Taste was of a nutty malt with a fairly smooth light to moderate hop finish. Palate was decent. Overall, this is a nice malty Marzen that the folks at Sand Creek should be proud of.

The pour is an amber/orange color with a minimal off-white head. The nose is very buttery (lots of diacetyl) with some light notes of roasted/toasted malts. The flavor is bland and watery with some mild toast and a hint of candied orange peel. The body is thin and water and the carbonation is medium at best.

Pioneer Brewing Company--Pioneer Black River Red--2002 12 oz. Bottle. 4.50% ABV. 25 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Red Lager. Malt of the Earth Beer of the Month Club Selection November, 2002. Clear thin amber red color. Light head and lace. Light toasted floral hop malt front. Sweet caramel doughy biscuit crisp smooth dry malty body. Clean lingering malt mild smooth hop end. Nice. Sampled 11/23/2002.

Draft @ Clark Street Ale House, Chicago,IL. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty fruity caramel finish.

Amber, light haze, thin off white head, no real lacing. Aroma of chocolate malt with a sulfury undertone. First taste was downright bad, lightly roasted malt ruined by a touch of rotten egg. Fortunately the sulfur element mellows out quickly, and the rest comes across as a palatable malty amber, chocolate and cider. Medium body.

Draft at OF. Filtered red-brown color. Solid off-white head. Mellow sweet amber-lager aroma. Mellow and creamy, with some orange-vanilla amber malt nuances. Medium bodied, quite drinkable. Doesn’t really capture much of the Oktoberfest flavor, certainly more of an Amber Lager. Quite smooth, with a very pleasant Lagfer yeast mouthfeel.

Courtesy of Skyview. Dark copper color with a medium head. Aroma started light caramel, and quickly vanished completely. Thick body and chewy, yet somehow almost flavorless, malt. Caramel sweetness.