Lake Louie Arena Premium

Brewed by Lake Louie Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Arena, Wisconsin USA

Clear amberish body, thin off-white head. Nice hoppy aroma with some sweet caramelly notes and buttered popcorn (takes a notch off the aroma). Clean basic sweetened hop aroma. Plain-ish taste. Sweet sugared hops and fruit. Okay overall but nothing special. That popcorn thing gets really annoying too.

Thanks to Santa(iowaherkeye) for the bottle. Pours a hugh 4 finger white head with golden body. Funky aroma at first. Taste has a slightlight fruit essence with a tad citrus aftertaste.

Thanks to stonecrusher for the trade... Appears a clear, light gold with a fluffy white head that slowly fades out. Sticky lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of light corn, grain, berries, peach, fruity, light hay, and sugar. Taste is of the same aromas with a highlight of yeast shining through. The mouthfeel is light, earthy, and mildly sweet for a decent but not too impressive brew.

Thanks to weeare138 for sharing this. Pours a hazy golden amber with an average bubbly off white head. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, bread and various fruits. Flavor was toasty, bready, sweet grains, some cereal, light hop bitterness and clean mouthfeel.

12 oz bottle (Riley’s Wines of the World, Madison WI October 2006) sampled a bit above fridge temperature from a Unibroue glass. Deep, clear copper in color with light bubble action in the glass, moderate smooth near-white head recedes slowly....sweet caramel malt, strange touch of maple, and light citrus notes in the subtle nose....body is also strangely subdued (perhaps this bottle is slightly old?), more malt than hop presence, moderately sweet and lightly bitter-hoppy with a slightly stronger dry, bitter finish....this is quite drinkable but on the whole I found it strangely dull, a disappointment from this fine brewery.

Enormously satisfying. I thought it was going to be an American standard...indeed, when drinking it I still assumed it was but I gave it a lot of credit for being hoppy, reasonably well balanced, extremely full flavored, and well supported around the mouth. As a "premium lager" this would be a 4.4! But with a different mindset, the brewing accomplishment isn’t so profound. It’s still a good beer, but my mood is dampened. If they’re trying to convert Wisconsin beer drinkers by making them buy something thinking it is a premium lager, it’s not a bad ploy.

12oz, no date. Pours a hazy copper orange with a very light yellowish white 1/2 finger head. Aroma of big citrus hops, light butterscotch, caramel hops and a tinge of chalk and toasty and biscuity malts. Taste was pretty much the same with a slightly dry bitter finish. Moderate carbonation, medium bodied. I believe I like the Kiss the Lips IPA better, though this is still a solid brew. I’ve yet to be disappointed by this guy.

Thanks JPM30 for obligin in the trade, the most efficient trader of the 50 trades I have done. It’s understated bitterness, and some balance, but Kind of off-taste, a beer brewed with a ginger ale pop. Yes tea colour. Medium mouthfeel. Herbal, malots and hops but notbalanced