Okanagan 1516 Bavarian Lager

Brewed by Okanagan Spring Brewery (Sapporo)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Vernon, Canada

In bottle; OK, I do like this beer better in bottle than on tap. It is mild though, with a hoppy finish. Easy drinking beer. Not as good as it’s German competition

On tap at Twisted Kilt. Pours a clear gold with small white head, some retention. Faint nose of grass, sweeter as it warms. Dry grassy, grainy taste. Crisp finish. Passable, nothing more.

On tap at Original Joe’s in St. Albert. Clear golden pour with a thick, white foam, decent retention. Aroma is quite weak, corn, grasses, barley, vegetables. Taste is mild sweet malts, but very bland and grainy. Reminds me of Stella Artois (despite stylistic differences). Crisp, refreshing, and smooth tasting, but nothing that leaves you excited.

Nice looking beer pure gold body good crown on top lots of bubble columns floating to the surface. Zero aroma and I mean zero I got nothing here when first poured, I had to wait tell almost end of glass to pick up faint traces of sweet metallic corn but even then it was weak. This beer is yummy I remember drinking this years ago and not enjoying it so either the beer has changed or I have. Refreshing sweet malts, no sourness, no skunk, nice caramel finish and a nice hop presence. Very earthy flavour with mild hints of coffee. Good beer especially for the style.

Verre, 20 onces, en fût, chez Maria’s Greek Restaurant, bue sur place, le 2 mai 2009; oeil : dorée, claire, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche crémeuse; nez : malt, léger houblon résineux, léger citrique, léger noix; bouche : houblon, malt, léger pamplemousse, houblon résineux, léger noix, finale maltée avec présence de houblon et avec une âcreté légèrement désagréable, légèrement amère, corps moyen; en résumé : ordinaire ENGLISH Glass, 20-ounce, draught, at Maria’s Greek Restaurant, on the premise on May 2 2009; eye: golden, clear, average effervescence, creamy white head; nose: malt, light resinous hops, light citrusy, light nuts; mouth: hops, malt, light grapefruit, resinous hops, light nuts, malty finale with presence of hops and acridness that is lightly unpleasant, lightly bitter, medium body; overall: ordinary

On tap. Clear and golden. Head does not last long. Not much aroma. Taste features way to much yeast and faint grassy hops. Watery. Still, it is fairly clean. A little too much carbonation.

Very clean lager , little aftertaste , I find this 1516 less earthy tasting then it’s German counterparts. Kind of dry I found

I’ve only had this in pubs or restaurants, and it goes well with many foods. Colour is a light gold, with a smallish short-lived head, and only a very small lacing. Aroma is subdued and clean. Taste is smooth and refreshing.