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Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager 3.13 319

Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager

 (RETIRED)
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3193.13/5.03.13/5.04.5%93.7Lager glass
Commercial Description:
A full-flavored, medium bodied continental-style beer - deep golden in color, featuring a mouth-pleasing maltiness subtly balanced with spicy Hallertau and Tettnanger hops.
Note: Retired in March 2009.
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 LilBeerDoctor (1526), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Apr 9, 2009  
On tap at Blind Tiger. Pours a clear orange with a thick white head. Nice color for a premium lager. Aroma of light fruits and pale malts. Flavor of nice pale malts, apple juice. Clean and crisp, a little weak in the palate. Chill for a lager. 7/4/6/3/12 (3.2/5)


 thornecb (1801), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 25, 2009  
Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white head recedes to hug rim. Caramel and bread aromas. Full dark caramel upfront with a lasting slightly sweet hop finish.


 JustinFromAL (114), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Dec 19, 2008  
Bottle. BoTM. Poured golden with minimal head. Clean nose with a taste to match. Prototypical lager is how I would describe this. Nothing outstanding about the taste, but nothing off putting either!


 theisti (1684), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 9, 2008  
12 oz bottle from eaglefan538. Best before January 09 notched on label. Pour is hazed copper golden with a fluffy 3 inch dirty white head. Some carbonation bubbles are present, and the head falls with a lot of crackling. Aroma has some faint grassy, toasty malt and some floral hoppiness. Fairly subdued on both fronts. Taste is toasted malt, some slight biscuit sweetness, transition to the toasted taste mid palate, finishing with some bitter grassiness. Finish has some menthol to it. Nice, medium, unfiltered palate. Clean, nicely made. Thanks for sending this my way, Brian.


 dkachur (2411), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 30, 2008  
12 ounce bottle from Downtown Wine & Gourmet in Harrisonburg, VA, which had this bottled outdated by 15 months on the shelf. For shame! However, for a lager, this ages well. Pours a golden amber color with a thin, long lasting head. Grainy aroma with some fruity notes. Grain, caramel and bitter hop notes in the taste. Medium bodied.


 DSG (1514), Tel Aviv, Israel
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 28, 2008  
(10/17/08) Bottle at friends’ house in Philadelphia (thanks David T). Clear golden with quite a bit of carbonation and a small white head. Aroma has nice hoppiness with grassy notes, some malty bready hints and a bit of caramel. Sweetish flavor with some malt, light breadiness, light buttery hints and a nice bitter hoppy finish. Medium-bodied. A nice Lager.


 blipp (1703), Newark, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Bottle. Pours gold with a white head. Malty sweet aroma with light hops. The flavor has caramel malt with just a touch of hops. Not bad.


 BelgianBeerGal (1307), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Draught sample at the Portsmouth restaurant. This was a great lager, definitely near the top of my nice. Very lively and spicey in the aroma and flavour. Very easy drinking.



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