Sleeman Honey Brown Lager

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: American Dark Lager
Guelph, Canada

Nice limpid amber body topped with a very thin and quick fading off-white brew. Exhales a skunky aroma typical from clear bottled beers. Taste is well balanced but not as strong as I was expecting. Final is short and lacks some bitterness. I am quite disappointed... I will continue to drink Unibroue’s U2 instead of this.

I used to drink this lager quite a bit, before I moved to the Europeans, however, I still beleive that it is one of the tastiest beer I have had. This is, of course, due to the additive, but I believe that it is a great beer to nurse, none-the-less. Tasty, nice body, and a sure hit with friends (if you order a pitcher).

Tastes similar to Dundees honey brown as expected, but with a little more sweet/honey/malt taste. Not bad at all.

Light amber color with a medium beige head. Slightly sweet aroma. Sweet nutty flavor with some bitterness. Not to bad.

This used to be a rather flavourful beer when I first had it several years ago. I still couldn’t taste any honey, but it had a subtle sweetness and good thin brown colour and thin malt character that I found refreshing and satisfying. A recent sample from my wife’s pint displayed most of these same characteristics, but they’ve really stretched this out, “dumbed” it down, and made it bland. Easy to say and a typical shot at rapidly expanding macro “micro” but this is a classic example of such a thing. Probably my favourite of their line though.

Pours a slightly cloudy, orangey/red body witha thin and watery looking head. Aroma is sweet, and slightly hoppy, with a hint of honey. Taste is a little honey, but could be more. More hops and water than honey to be honest. Smooth and refreshing.

On Tap at Griffin Grill & Pub in Battle Creek, MI. This brew poured a foamy finely sized off-white colored head of mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a good lacing. The body was a transparent carbonated amber brown color. The aroma was mild with malt hops and a slight honey note. The mouth feel was tingly carbonated and dry. The flavor was that of brown malts and honey.

On Tap at Griffin Grill & Pub in Battle Creek, MI. A small sized foamy off-white head with fine-medium sized bubbles that mostly diminished. The body of this beer was carbonated and transparent with an orange hue. The aroma was malty, sweet and some honey notes. The taste was sweet and some notes of honey were detected. The mouthfeel was smooth and this was a light-medium bodied beer with fair lacing.