3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Shit is aiight ... some sweetness and a decent hoppy finish. Works well with food.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
This was one of the first "good beers" that I had. Had a bunch of pints with a visiting rubgy team. I was quite pleased with it at the time but have lost my taste for it since.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Had a 12 pack of this in bottles. I was impressed. For a regular lager, this was decent stuff. Had an apparent malt sweetness to the body that was pronounced due to some alcohol flavors. There were some stale hops flavors throughout that detracted from the flavor and the finish was a bit dry and stale. Overall not as watery as many standard lagers, has some spice and an interesting medium dry, medium acidic fruit taste at the beginning. Wasnt terribly carbonated either in the bottle
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Fun stuff. A very different, more piquant lager than most Canadians are used to. Upper Canada has a diverse lineup, despite being a microbrewer. Nowhere near as good as UC Dark.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Malty aroma, smooth but with a very slight richness in the flavor. Pours a pale golden. As far as Canadian lagers availabe in MI, it's a better staple than Labatt's but lacks the richness of Molson Canadian.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
(in Toronto-draught) Blech. A pale pathetic lager with even less taste than the macro-brews. Chemical taste to it. I couldn't force myself to finish it (went around the corner to Smokeless Joe's--that helped)
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Ah, how the mighty have fallen. UC Lager was one of my gateway beers to the world of microbrews, and back when they were a small Toronto brewery, this was a decent, tasty lager. But like most of the UC line, Sleeman has sucked the uniqueness and quality out of this beer, leaving it a shell of it's former self. It's a touch better than other macro-wannabes like Brick Lager and Cool, but that's not saying much. Bland, bland, bland.
1.1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Apparently this is not the same Upper Canada Lager that Sleeman's is selling in the US as a knockoff of Labatt Blue. It's going for $5.99 for a 12-pack, and it tastes like crap. I've had Upper Canada beer in Canada in the past, and it was good, so I have a feeling that this Upper Canada Lager in the blue case is not the same stuff. Tasted nasty, left me with a bad headache. Made me long for an American macroswill.
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