Mill City Harvard Lager

Formerly brewed at Concord Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Lowell, Massachusetts USA

En fût. Verre de dégustation dégusté chez Brewery Exchange (Lowell, MA). Arôme: Légère odeur d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est blonde orangée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’houblons avec une pointe fruitée. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps et la texture sont mince. Faible effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #1091)

draft at brewery in lowell - Pours golden with a thin head. The aroma is of mild hops. The flavor has a lightly hoppy taste with a body that’s a touch thin, but not bad for the style. This is pretty good for a pale lager, but that’s not saying much at all.

This lager pours a light yellow color with a fizzy, white head. Good lacing with a sparkling body. Light aroma of hops. Initial flavor is lightly bitter with a light sweet finish. Light body with a watery mouthfeel. Lively carbonation. We were turned off by the bitter taste of this lager.

Pours a golden raisin color leaving a white thin lace. The aroma is fantastic floural, smells like candy, has a strong strawberry smell. The taste is fruity sweet, malty, and a small diacetyl aspect in the beer. I can’t get over the strawberry shortcake, and honey aroma, but then the distinct lager characteristcs kick in. It is so smooth and fruity but not overpowering. The hops are faint, but there are many balancing aspects with suttle spices and bitterness. The taste starts off on the palate sweet, followed by a bitter hop appeal that cuts threw the sweetness of this beer making it pleasing to drink.

On tap @ Lowell Brewing Co: Another lager, nothing really special here. If you like lager style beers give it a try because it’s certainly better than something like Bud. This beer had no redeeming characteristics but nothing was wrong with it either.

Had on tap at the former Mill City Brew House in Lowell (Now owned by Concord brewers). Beer was a very nice goldenrod, decent head. Crisp flavor, good feel. A quality session beer.

Golden in color with a small white head. hoppy aroma. Flavor is of rich malt and a pleasant hoppy/bitter finish.

On tap at the brewpub: Clear yellow with a thin white head, light malts and flowers in the aroma, starts and ends lightly bitter, full bodied (for a lager), soft carbonation and juicy mouthfeel, with a dry ending.