 CapFlu (3242), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 22, 2008
(Draught) Sampled at Earl’s Restaurant on 16th Ave N in Calgary. Served in a frigid glass, the nose comes across as tonic and sweet as it warms. Minor hints of grainy malt with a small sampling of honey when you search for it. Oddly sweet and very watery. Not something I’d recommend unless true water isn’t available.
bweezy (49), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 25, 2008 Poured a nice deep amber, but little head. Ok aroma - sweet and grassy. Unremarkable taste
BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Oct 15, 2007 Light amber with minimum head. Aroma is malt with a touch of honey. Sugary and quite sweet with a sticky feel at the finish. A touch thin.
DuffMan (1883), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Oct 1, 2007 I spoke with the George Cziglan, the operations manager at Kamloops Brewery and he confirmed that the Pin-Up beers are made by KB, and even though two of them share similar names to the Earl’s beers, they are brewed according to completely different recipes. I had this honey lager before going to a late movie around the corner. It is a deep clear amber brown with a dense off-white cap. It has a pleasing sweet caramel aroma. The flavour is of lightly roasted malt with a distinct honeyed sweetness (and I don’t ordinarily agree that there is anything honey-ish about most honey lagers) and a mildly bitter finish to balance it out. Served at a nice temperature too, so that you could really appreciate that this beer had some flavour. Not bad at all! I’d be interested in doing a side-byside tasting of this with it’s Earl’s cousin.
Earlier Rating: 9/14/2007 Total Score: 3.1
<This is my rating for the Pin-Up honey lager. I actually haven’t had Earl’s honey lager yet. There was a mix up in this posting>I spoke with the George Cziglan, the operations manager at Kamloops Brewery and he confirmed that the Pin-Up beers are made by KB, and even though two of them share similar names to the Earl’s beers, they are brewed according to completely different recipes. I had this honey lager before going to a late movie around the corner. It is a deep clear amber brown with a dense off-white cap. It has a pleasing sweet caramel aroma. The flavour is of lightly roasted malt with a distinct honeyed sweetness (and I don’t ordinarily agree that there is anything honey-ish about most honey lagers) and a mildly bitter finish to balance it out. Served at a nice temperature too, so that you could really appreciate that this beer had some flavour. Not bad at all! I’d be interested in doing a side-byside tasting of this with it’s Earl’s cousin.
papajohn (977), San Diego, California, USA
Jun 30, 2007 On tap@Joey Tomato’s: Honey amber color with a medium white head. Flavor is mostly sweet with some grassiness and a soft bitterness. Light bodied and smooth with moderate carbonation.
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