Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager

Hmmm. Not sure how old this is but I see that it’s retired. It’s really not tasty at all, but it looks really nice in my glass. Aroma is some caramel combined with veggie/carrots, with a soft earth note. Flavor has some really light malty sweetness, maybe a little caramel with a light sour finish. Palate is light bodied, very smooth. Maybe when it was in it’s prime, but it’s well past it now.

12oz bottle. Pours a dark amber with a two finger off white head and a little lacing. Smells of sweet and toasty malt with a hint of spiciness. The taste is a nice caramel malt sweetness with a subtle bitter hop finish. Smooth and creamy body that is easy to drink.

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a pint glass. The color is a goldish color, more an amber color with a foamy white head. The smell is hopy, with some floral feel. A little mild sweet malt flavor as well. The taste is caramel flavored, has some hints of citris fruits and some malty sweetness. Has a really good mouthfeel to this beer. Goes down well and has only a slight bitter aftertaste. A well made lager.

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden amber with a medium large creamy beige head. Big lager grain aromas with a touch of citrus, surprising since this bottle has an expiration date of April ’09. Sweet, slightly tangy, and a little bit metallic. Odd… I’m fairly certain this was hiding (because I hunted around in the little hidden areas of the cooler where stray singles end up) in the cooler for the last however many months, so it should be preserved rather well, but it still has an odd tang like it went off somehow. Finishes with more grain, more faint metal, and a nice bitterness. Not a huge loss that it’s not being made again, but it’s drinkable at least.

Bottle, wow this is retired, hmmm i hope not for that new crap lager they made. Pours a golden body with a white head. Sweet malty caramel, bread y lagered notes and a lightly bitter finish. Simple session able extinct ale.

Nice golden color. Smells mostly of malts with a little spice. Taste is malty with some sweetness. A little caramel seems to be in here. Aftertaste is pleasant. A decent brew, too bad it’s now retired.

Tap at BT last week. Aroma of berries, spicy hops, sweet caramel malt. Flavor has a solid level of bitterness never overrunning the caramel malt base. Nothing mind-blowing, but good stuff.

The aroma reminds me of a wheat beer, some citrus, a little yeast, slightly clove-like. Reasonably clear, light amber, nice lasting head. Nice crystal malt flavor, liberal use of bittering hop, crisp with a short lived but positive aftertaste. Excellent body for a lager. Overall, a very pleasant and multi-quaffable beer.