Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager

Formerly brewed at Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Pours a hazy golden color. Aroma of wheat and citrus. Tastes of yeast, offset with citrus and a hint of pine. Not my favorite style, but not bad.

Cloudy golden yellow pour that basically exploded out of the bottle with a thick foamy head (it was cold and seemed to be an overfilled bottle). Sweet wheat tones both in smell and taste, with little to no aftertaste of any kind. The creamyness extends to the palate, where the yeasty and almost citrus flavors roll around the tongue. Some minor lacing, most likely due to the slowly disappating head. (had mine in my standard pint glass, so others may have fared differently) Citrus of light orange and lemon is pervasive with a little light hops. Overall, not a spectacular lager, but drinkable over most domestics.

The Portsmouth Lager pours a dark yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is a light flowery hop. Initial taste is moderately bitter with a mild finish. Watery and light on the mouth with lively carbonation. Good lager.

Come to expect a little more from SN. A solid golden yellow body. Not much head from a bottle pour. Some sweetness and traces of fruity essence. I do have to say the the taste is balanced well due to a good combo of hop spicing. Not too shabby though no way an outstanding Vienna style.

This beer pours a golden color and leaves a very thins white lace that disappears quickly. As I smell this beer I get some grassy wheat essence, along with some grape fruitness. This beer hits the palate with a bland tartness that really leaves you wanting for the malty sweetness to balance it out. The beer continues to give you that grapefruit, tarty smacking feeling but has nothing to balance it out with so the flavor is dominant.

Bottle. Caramel flavor, no real special aroma. Not bad flavor at all, malt and honey flavor. Pretty decent lager.

Sweet malty taste with a hint of carmel. A lot better than I expected from a lager.

On tap at Portsmouth Brewery:
Grassy hops blend well with the honeyed malt sweetness...Hay crispness thins out the smooth caramel, relinquishing a velvety mouthfeel...Well-balanced and quenching, an able session pint...