Taps Premium Lager

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

(Bottle) This came courtesy of Lubiere. Pours a frothy, white cloud atop a clear, mildly carbonated deep golden body. Nose is hoppy and even traces of cinnamon bubblegum. Flavour is light, lemony and tart hopped. Fairly decent.

Dark golden lager with a nice thin white hed. Fresh grains of barley with light german hops. Nice fresh malty taste with a light citrusy hops, very nice and quaffable, especially next to a pool. A good summer beer. LCBO, 6 pack, 11.95$.

Bottle- Pours amber/copper and a frothy bleached one inch head. Mild lace. Aroma is assertively malty with lots of bread/bakery nuances, brown surags and subtle hops. Good hop bite is immediate, sweet malts and caramel with mild fruitiness. Medium bodied, long hoppy sweet bite in the finish. Prety good stuff.

I’m not sure how well this one conforms to the Dortmunder style, it has the pungent Breiss Munich amber malts but the cascade hops instead of nobles adds a nice touch outside the pure Dortmunder style regimen. A good looking lager.....light amber in the glass, nice 2 finger frothy cap that laces up the glass sides. Aroma is bready, spicey with a light whiff of "sour" from the lager yeast. Body is medium, mouthfeel clean sharp with a decent malt spine. You taste the substantial Briess malts instantly as a sweet doughy bearing then the cascades balance it off well with a sharp grapefruit "bite"...finishes clean with light bittering and a biscuity after taste. A simple but well put together lager that satisfies and refreshes....just the ticket for sessions.

Rich in flavour very nice colour. Different then other lagers quite hoppy. Enjoyed more then one, and will be back for more. Tasted at Buggy’s Pour House in St Catharines Ontario.

Draught at the Winking Judge’s fall BeerFest 2005. Pours a bubbly clear amber-gold with a spare diminishing white head. Mild aroma and flavour of fresh hops, sweet malt, caramel and fruit. A little mild but very drinkable. Another good micro Canadian Lager that shows how poor the big macro boys’ stuff is. Good job Taps.

Draught. At October 2005 Winking Judge BeerFest, Hamilton. Poured oily deep clear amber-gold with a minimal white head. Aroma of clean fresh hops, mild malt, some honeyish grain and a touch of citrus zest. Flavour of mild citrusy hops, fresh mild malt, a bit of pine resin and floral character - nice, if thin and a little too sweet. Average, slightly lively palate, not offensive in any way. Overall mild, drinkable, a touch sweet, but a pretty solid pale lager without the usual nastiness of the type.

Sampled at The Winking Judge Spring Fest 05. This was much better than the Charleston. Light yellow lager appearance with a decent sized white head. Light crisp mouthfeel, slightly hoppy, and very fresh tasting. A little bit of unnecessary sweetness crept in as it warmed, but otherwise, a very decent beer. Good luck Taps.