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Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager 3.13 319

Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager

 (RETIRED)
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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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 ClarkVV (3578), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 23, 2004    Updated: Aug 24, 2004
2004 draught at Portsmouth Brewery. This is certainly the lightest vienna I have seen. A dullish straw-yellow color, light haziness to it with a small white head. Quite bubbly and has a pleasantly sweet scent of pilsener malt, honey and soft easygoing hops. Flavor is herbal-like and lightly grassy right away but then the carbonation kicks in softly and you get a big dose of sweet honey tasting malt. Finish does not let up on flavor; this dosent water out and die. Good solid drink, it’s nice to see a fuller bodied lager. Up there with Yuengling for my favorite domestic lager (though the two are quite different).


 PBOYNY (316), Westchester, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 12, 2004  
very rich, golden lager, very hoppy with a nice finish, a bit haevy for a lager, but very good


 Kinz (2220), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 5, 2004  
Draft. Light copper color, OK head that fades. Little aroma. Flavor is a refreshing blast of spicy hops, surprising for the lack of aroma. Touch of a floral note as well, bitter finish. Just enough malt to hold it all together.


 sloth (1684), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 26, 2004  
Medium sized white/tan head, great retention and plenty of lace. Hazy, light copper color. Light malt nose with a pleasent hop spiceyness. Light/medium body. Hops dominate the flavor profile with enough malt in the background to balance things out. Finish is dry and spicey with a good hop bite. Quaffable.


 ontario102 (794), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 17, 2004  
I really liked this lager; nice, slighty bitter Vienna that provides refreashing hoppiness while maintaining a solid caramel, toasted malt background; yummy and underated.


 Radek Kliber (3999), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jun 9, 2004  
Dark gold, almost brownish amber, creamy head. Light hopped with decent dose of malt. Very clean, more bitter to the end.


 tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/102/57/20
Jun 9, 2004  
Cooked cabbage and some sweet sugar in the aroma. Deep brown-gold with off-white large bubbled soapy head that recedes to cover. Better tasting than it smells. Mild malt, fair bitterness. Short flavour profile. Fairly thin body. Bottle (sampled at Mondial 2004).


 jerc (3954), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 7, 2004  
Amber colour. Hops are the dominant note in the aroma but not a lot of them. Some esters as well. Flavour is pretty average. Its a decent lager that just isn’t pushing the right buttons for me to get excited about it right now. Mondial 3T.



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