Taps Charleston Lager

Brewed by Taps Brewing (Canada)
Style: Pale Lager
Virgil, Canada

This is an all malt, well lagered, smooth lager for swigging on hot humid days...something with malty flavor approximating the Dortmunder style according to the brewer. Pours a clear deep gold with a decent frothy cap....light lacing.....aroma is sweet bready malts and some light fruits like a cider. Substantial malt backbone, sticky mouthfeel...big dose Breiss bonlander Munich malt up front with just the right hopping to keep it from being cloying... light tart lemony notes from the hops and a mild sourness from the lager yeast....finish is crisp and biscuity with a pleasant lemony snap at the end. I don’t mind this beer at all.....then again I love malty beers and the sweetness of the big malts is kept from getting cloying by judicious use of nobel hops and lager yeast sulfides. A great malty Dortmunder styled lager which I will keep in my beer fridge for warm summer afternoon sessions.

Can- SParkling deep yellow/gold with a frothy but short lived white fizz. The nose on this one is pale malts, some straw, biscuit and a bit of lemon. Tastes of sweet pale malts, cookie dough, a bit of lemon, some bread crust with just a little bit of grassy hops. Has a nice biscuity aftertaste with a sharp hop bite near the end. I think this should be classed as a Dort/Helles.

355 ml can from my boss you stopped at the brewery over the weekend. i can see that im the first one to review this brew in almost 2 years. all of you that have had this in the past i can tell you its nothing like any of your reveiws safe one. pours yellow with a nice everlasting white head. aromas are pure lager malt. flavours are similarily malty. tons of flavour for a lager and no off flavours to speak of. not enough hops but hey there very rarely is. a very well made lager that im glad to say i enjoyed.

On tap at Taps on Queens in Niagara Falls. Pours a clear golden amber with a slight orange tint to it. Light caramel and faint grain. A bit thin, very weak grain, and mostly no flavor really. Finishes with some graininess and a faint bitterness. Very watery and empty. Inoffensive, but really rather forgettable.

Perhaps they have changed since May. Although not being spectacular in any means it was still good. Light golden orange colour with beige head. Head disipated fast. Sweet aroma and sweet flavour. I could taste that pale ale however it was too sweet for what I was expecting of the style. Palate was oily and sweet.

[2449-20090814] Sample. Mild grainy straw aroma is more stunted than the premium. Clear, light yellow brown body with a quick foamy white head. Mild grainy hay yeast flavour has lots of petrol undertones. Light body is rough. Much like the Premium but with petrol.
(@ brewpub; Niagara Falls, ON)

On tap at the brewery. Pours a headless gold. Aroma is an odd, ale like fruityness. Flavour is more fruit, some citrus, and a dry finish.

Bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy yellow body with a small white head. The aroma is sweet and has some sour fruits along with banana notes like in a hefeweizen. Strange, rough fruitiness that is generally quite sour. I wouldn’t want to drink a lot of this.