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True North Blond Lager

Score
3983
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Brewed by Magnotta Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Vaughan, Canada
Serve in Lager glass

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RATINGS: 30   MEAN: 2.92/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.89   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
An ultra-premium, all-malt authentic Lager beer at 5% alc./vol. Light gold colour with light grain aromas and a delicate floral and citrus hop nose. A balanced fresh malt flavour and moderate hop bitterness are rounded by deep cold aging. A versatile beer with many foods, but particularly well matched with chicken soups, lobster bisque, vinaigrette salads, chicken dishes, whitefish, shellfish, cream pastas, fruit pies, and light creamy cheeses.


2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
JoeMcPhee (6835) - Toronto, ON, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 6, 2011
Tap at Squirly’s. Pale golden pour with a white head. The aroma is bland and fairly regular. Perhaps some DMS and light hops. It’s a bit sweet as well. Pretty horrid actually. These guys make so much good beer - why are they making this? ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
Sammy (5888) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 8, 2010
Bright yellow colour. A basic mouthfeel. A little cheesy. Not a great lager, and maybe as good as a macro.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
beernbourbon (919) - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - NOV 21, 2009
bottle. slightly hazy golden pour with large white head. Aroma is malty, lightly acidic, faintly hoppy, and honey. Flavor is sweet honey malt with a faintly spicy flavor. Solid but nothing too crazy.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fredthecat (252) - CANADA - SEP 28, 2009
pours amber with a small head that fades to a nice lace, smell is strawberry, toffee/caramel. taste is very sweet for a lager, a little bit of an artificial sweet taste at the end, almost mint leafy aftertaste that does last, good lager body refreshing feeling. pretty good, keeping in mind it is inbetween dollar beer and premium beer prices for a pack

1.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
DerWeg (1251) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 22, 2009
Bottle from brewery fridge yesterday. Gold blonde with dense white cap. Smell yeast and sweet cereal grain. Bile or vomit sharp note. Taste is sweet with unfortunate peanut butter flavors, over some clashing sweet malts and rusty dirty flavors. PEANUT??

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
vyvvy (2798) - Florissant, Missouri, USA - MAY 25, 2009
Thanks to xmarcnolanx for sharing this one with me. Pours clear golden / blond with a thin bubbly translucent head. The aroma has diacetyl, must, minimally toasted malt and veggies. Medium smooth body with a touch of harshness and light carbontion. The flavor starts spicy with hops and clean malt, but then green veggies hit and linger a lot. I don’t know if it is age, but this sample wasn’t very good.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cletus (6025) - Connecticut, USA - MAY 10, 2009
Bottle courtesy of matt7215. Pours gold with a thin white head. Smells of soap, earthy, dry. Tastes fruity and dry with a pils malt backbone.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
xmarcnolanx (904) - Kirkwood, Missouri, USA - APR 17, 2009
Appearance is golden with a piss-like white wisp of head. Aroma is slightly nutty, malty, butter, and flowers. Taste is slightly slick, hoppy (floral/grassy). Finish is slick and slightly bitter.


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