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Rahr & Sons Ugly Pug

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29
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1082.82/5.02.81/5.04.75%16.5Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
Ugly Pug is a schwarzbier, or black lager. But the real story is its name. Fritz saw his mother-in-law’s pug, Oscar, lounging in a chair and he (Fritz) shouted, “What an ugly pug!” Everyone laughed. Your’re right – they were drinking a test batch that night.
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 chef201atc (249), Weatherford, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 10, 2006  
On tap @ the brewery. Nice deep amber color with moderate tan head. Malty and spicy aroma. Medium bodied with a slightly silky mouthfeel. Flavor is malty with a hint of smokiness.


 Likerighteous (120), Pflugerville, Texas, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/101/57/20
Dec 10, 2006  
Cool package, but it stops there. Poured a watery brown, not black, with a thin head that vanished quickly. Roasted malts with faint smokey something. I couldn’t finish it. Maybe I got a bad bottle. Will try to rerate this one in a few months.


Dsnutz (71), dallas, Texas, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Dec 9, 2006  
I was rather disappointed by this first atempt at Rahr and sons. It had a quickley vanishing head, and you know i luv head,and it had a weak taste. I’ll give the Red a try before I give up on them.


 swanmann (308), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/513/20
Sep 30, 2006  
i pour a good beer, but this is ridiculous. you call that head? it even smells flat. the palate diappears and flavor is minimal. i love their summertime wheat. did i get a bad 6?


 ilikestuff (222), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 30, 2006    Updated: Nov 21, 2008
I think my first rating was from the wrong beer or something. As a schwarzbier, this one does come off with a bit too much roast, but that’s how I like it. Pours a black color with a brown lasting head. Aroma is definate roast malt with a hint of acetalaldehyde. Flavor is the same, with a very clean palate, and a huge roasty backbone. A crisp, refreshing roasty beer.


 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/510/20
Sep 16, 2006  
Body is black with a thin white head. T his smells like smoke, also with a bit of ham and brisket, with mayonaise as a note. Pretty interesting aroma. Taste is just odd, very mettalic, charcoal, not sure what is wrong here.


 NYHarvey (2154), New York, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 23, 2006  
Aroma is roasted/burnt malt that is rather hearty if not very intense. Body is dark amber to brown and holds a rapidly diminishing, pinky thin tan head. Fore is watery with some mild raisin and burnt malts on the back end and a little cocoa in the far finish. This could almost be good...and currently is better (to me) than it’s rating, but lacks intensity of flavor (and aroma) and could use a bit more of the raisin-like sweetness found in better Schwarzbiers. Still as an exercise in drinking it’s not a bad beer.


 Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/59/20
Aug 2, 2006  
Pours a dark brown (almost black) color with a thin tan head after an aggressive pour. Boring burnt grain with a hint of apple. Flavor is slightly unpleasant with a more burnt malty flavors and a metallic finish. I was warned by my brother that this stuff was "just ok" and it ended up being worse. I guess Mel Gibson really is anti-semetic.



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