Grand Canyon Rattlesnake Beer

Brewed by Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Style: Pale Lager
Sedona, Arizona USA

Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear gold, wispy off white head,
Aroma: sweet cereal malt aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: sweet grain flavor, touch of candy sweetness, hint of hops, finishes sweet,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.6/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4

Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin ring of white head. Aroma of dusty grainy malts and a touch of floral honey. Starts lightly sweet and grainy earthy malty with only a touch of mild bitterness before the finish. Has a fairly full body for the style, but is overall pretty bland.

Bottled. Poured medium orange with a lot of sediment and a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up some candied fruit and honey sweetness with a bit of oxidation present.. came across as odd and artificial, but pleasant enough. The flavor had about the same stuff with a bit of corn to compliment the honey.. dry grainy, and short finish. Lighter-bodied on the palate with a hint of citric sourness and moderate carbonation. Drinkable, but just decent.

12 oz bottle thanks to Hellbilly in the mystery swap 3.0. Pours a light to medium copper (a bit deeper than expected, thin white head, light carbonation and wierd suspended tiny yeasties. Aroma has an initial DMS and corn/cabbage with some sweet candy sugar hints, artificial sweetness- aspertame and tapioca pudding. Flavor is also on the sweet side- corn syrupy, artificial- no doughy malts, hardly any hops- light metallic aftertaste and a stale almsot lifeless finish. Even for a highly rated pale lager this isnt that good.

This brew’s surprisingly smooth and mild. There’s no ’bite’ to this snake and I like it. From Sedona, AZ, a truly stunning town of much scenic beauty!

The pour the typical lager golden yellow, the head average in size, bright white in color, the lace decent enough to cover the glass. Nose is all malt, crisp and clean, start sweet with lots of malt, top skimp in feel, the finish strongly acidic, the hops apropos for the style. Aftertaste quite dry, a drinkable beer but pretty shallow, and just barely rates and average.

Appearance: Pours a clear, orangey body with a tiny, off-white head. Smell: Honeyish malt presence with light notes of fruit and yeast. Taste: Honeyed maltiness with a very light amount of sweetness. Hint of spent grian. Touch of fruit, yeast. No real hop flavor or bitterness. Sweetish finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carboantion. Drinkability: Not so good, I’m afraid.

Courtesy of Styles

Bottle: The aroma is almost non-existent...just a tad of sweetness and grain. It pours a hazy golden-orange with a small white head that quickly fades to thin ring around the edges of the glass. The flavor starts lightly sweet with a hint of caramel and faint fruit. The finish has some very faint grassiness. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Overall pretty bland and boring. The best I can say about it is...thirst quencher.