 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 23, 2006 My first rating of 2006. Found this one at Whole Foods in Cary, NC. Poured turbid dark straw color with an off-white head of medium size. The aroma was very lemongrassy hoppy, with a firm sour-doughy malt presence. The taste was hoppy, with a resiny, piney syrupy noble hop blast that had some fruit and a tartness at the finish. Gets tarter and more cloying as it warms. This one is a hop bomb.
Lubiere (4548), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 12, 2006 Hazy golden pils with orange hues, and a thin white head. Pleasant aroma of noble hops, fruity esters (lichee?), smooth and enticing. In mouth, rich malt with resinous hops, with good bitterness on side of tongue, sustained. Rich bodied. A new classic. BBC is able to do such winners. Sélection Monde bottle brought back from Belgium by Dumdum ! Merci!
Ernest (4499), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 6, 2006 Updated: Oct 6, 20072007 edition.
Head is initially average sized, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting.
Body is hazy dark yellow to light amber, bottle conditioned.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (resin), lightly yeasty (dough), with notes of alcohol and plastic.
Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter.
Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately to heavily bitter.
Medium to full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic.
What a waste of Hallertauer. It just smells like piney <insert American hop variety here>, so obviously utilization and format (e.g., green hops) make a huge difference. Off notes, clumsy, and a hiliarious quote on the description...who actually thinks BBC is obsessed with hops? Anyone? Bueller?
2005 edition.
Head is initially average sized, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting.
Body is hazy medium amber.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (resin), with a note of alcohol.
Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter.
Finish is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter.
Medium to full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic.
Imperial what?! Hop resin is about it in the nose. Not bad for Sam Adams overall, however...aftertaste didn’t make me feel like I’d just swallowed a stink bug.
(5/4/6/4/11=3.0)
muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 7, 2006 22 oz bottle, from Premier Gourmet in Buffalo NY, cellar temperature in a Christoffel glass. Ruddy orange-amber, translucent-to-opaque, crowned by an unending thick white bubbly cap, just beautiful....lots of pale malt, resinous-orangey hops in the nose, some sharp just-cut grassiness....body is very, very sweet, lightly alcoholic with strong earthy hoppiness present from midpalate on, and a moderate fruitiness (orange-cherry) that seems a bit out-of-place with the otherwise earthy/herbal character....body gets somewhat syrupy as it warms....still, it’s fairly drinkable and enjoyable, though the alcohol & earthiness seem to meld into a metallic/mineralic aftertaste that isn’t really to my liking. Certainly an interesting experiment from SA, one that I might have again were it cheaper and available closeby.
bhensonb (4345), Woodland, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 6, 2006 The lager I would choose to be on a desert island with. If ales were not available. Truthfully, this has so many ale characteristics, I wonder why lagers are so.... There is a bit of malt lingering within, but the hops are so wonderfully dominant. Love the opacity. Gee this is wonderful stuff. I’d like to comment on the citrus aspects, but it’s a bit more like pine to me. This is unfiltered, but was it pasteurized? Is this "real lager"?
"It’s real, or it isn’t. It’s ale, or it’s not. If it isn’t, and it’s not, why drink it?" Damn me, if this couldn’t cause me to rethink that. Course if it’s real, I’d not have to.
heemer77 (4311), Savannah, Missouri, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 24, 2005 Updated: Sep 12, 2006I can appreciate the experiement here, but it doesn’t quite work for me. Props to Sam Adams for trying something different, though. The body is a hazy dark orange with a white head. The aroma is grassy with fresh hops and some oranges. There is also some fresh cut oak. The taste is a bit confusing. You get spicy potatoes and some carrots from the lager. There is also dry apple core and some grapefruit from teh hops. This is unblanced and the hops overtake in the finish. There is also some bread crust. Hop heads will probably love this one.
tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 2, 2006 Floral, musty, piney, orange, leafy and spicy characteristics in the extremely hoppy nose. Opaque amber-copper coloured body is topped with a decent white head that recedes to a partial cover and ring. Sweet crystal malt flavour with moderate bitterness. Plenty of piney-orange hop flavour. Seem more like an American hop variety than hallertau to me. Malt body is not enough to support the hop levels and flavour comes across as more ale-like than lager. Medium body with soft but lively carbonation that engages the tongue. Bottle enjoyed with MartinT, Olivier_MTL, Rastacouere and Siroy.
BBB63 (4267), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Jan 7, 2006 Bottle and served in my Duval snifter: Pours a hazy golden hue with a small fading head but very good lace. The aroma has notes of grassy and citric hops, sweet malts, candi sugar, butterscotch, and alcoholic vapours that seem to dominate. That continues on towards to taste that is equally dominated by an alcohol presence that overpowers the bittersweet character. Seems way too one-diminsional even with the bitter and resin like finish that gave me a metallic and astrengent mouthfeel. Strangely felt flat and boring, no excitement found here. A waste of money just like most SA big beers. I just don’t get it.
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