Weeping Radish OBX Beer

Formerly brewed at Weeping Radish Farm Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Jarvisburg, North Carolina USA

Date: 09/04/2000
Mode: Bottle
Source: Total Beverage, DC

amber, whispy head, soft floral hop aroma, light malt body and character, light pleasant hop flaqor with hint of bitterness in the finish, well made

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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A lot of what I have to say about this echos MEI, so I’ll just add that I figure this has the malt profile of a dortmunder, except that there is a lot of pungent sulphur character and too many English hops in the finish for that style.

Crystal clear brew. The very definition of amber. Huge, creamy, off-white head. Good retention. Very spotty, weeping lacework. The nose is just a touch floral with tiny notes of caramel. Fairly nondescript. No real flavor. Much like drinking seltzer water with hops. Not offensive. Well-balanced. Extremely thin and light-bodied, but it does have a really creamy mouthfeel. Lively carbonation. Crisp finish with notes of sweet corn. Not one of my favorites.

Clear yellow to gold body with a standard lager nose. Hops and slight malt. Pretty plain beer with hops and thin malt. Kind of watery and thin, but somewhat crisp. Average and the worst of the Weeping Radish beers I've had.

Courtesy of City Beverage in Winston-Salem. Unfortunately the beer is nowhere near as nice as the location. Pours a clear dark reddish-orange color with a thin off-white head. Very thin lacing. The aroma consists of some hops and spice. The body is a little on the thin side, and there is a fair amount of hops in the flavor, but very little else. Slight but lasting hoppiness in the finish. I would probably get this again if I were vacationing in the Outer Banks but not otherwise.

Those OBX stickers are on the back window of just about every other vehicle in North Carolina and Virginia. I didn’t like seeing it on the beer’s label also. Anyway, this beer is clear-golden, clean tasting, fairly dry, with just a hint of sweetness. Lacking in the hop department... and overall flavor, for that matter. Not necessarily bad, just blah.

Undistinguished. Orangy brown, white head. Vegetable aroma. finished dry, which is good, but nothing else much to get your attention.

Light clear golden color, light malt aroma, not much taste, clean ending with a slight sweetness. A decent yet unremarkable lager.