Blue Mountain Classic Lager

Brewed by Blue Mountain Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Afton, Virginia USA

Name: Classic Lager
Date: 06/10/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear copper wispy off white head,
Aroma: sweet cereal aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, light floral hops, lasting bitter finish,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

(12oz bottle, best by 8/08) Minimal white head atop clear apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, orange/spicy, light bread. Taste is medium sweet, orange/grassy, some bread. Fairly clean light-medium body.

12oz bottle labeled Best Before 03 2008. Poured a deeper golden color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of grassiness and some grains. Subtle tastes of grass and some malty sweetness. Not offensive.

Pours a transparent orange bronze with a thin-lacing wispy white head. Aroma of lightly sweet toasty pale malts and a touch of floral noble hops. Starts with a decent body and carbonation with pleasantly sweet notes and good bitter balance before a smooth finish. Pretty true to style and very drinkable. A nice lager.

This premium lager pours a light orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is cereal with some floral hops. A medium to light bodied lager. The malts are cereal and grain, a touch sweet. The hops are slightly spicy. Touch of orange. Nice carbonation. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Bottle: Bronze pour with a moderate head. The aroma is almost fruity, but not quite. It drinks with a nice snappy tanginess, lightly malty underneath, with a sharp hop finish. This is actually a very good medium-amber lager, with a good full flavor and character. (#3437, 4/27/2008)

Bottle. Pours gold. Small white head. Nose is sweet malts, grassy/straw notes, light bread and honey. taste is hoppy but controlled. Some spicy notes and some earthiness. There’s some fruit notes with soft caramel, and bready malts as well. The aftertaste exudes a bit more fruit (melon and pear). Body is medium with strong carbonation. The end comes when the malts, bread, soft honey and spicy hops regress to stronger fruit notes and grass.

The aroma is malty with a corn meal element and a hint of hops and cinnamon. The appearance is gold with a large head. The flavor is like the aroma and not good but not bad. The palate is watery. Overall not something I want to get.