Yazoo Dos Perros

Brewed by Yazoo Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Nashville, Tennessee USA

Clear brown with a small off-white head. Hints of malt, cinnamon, cocoa. Flavor is subtly earthy and a touch bitter. Unimpressive.

Bottled from the first week of December, 2007. This is a hazy brown, much to my surprise. For some unknown reason, I just assumed this was a golden ale since I knew the other two Yazoo bottles were not. The aroma is nutty and caramely with hints at earth and even milk chocolate. There is a wax chocolate flavor along with corn, wheat bread, and something a little tart, but mostly this is a sweet, malty brew. hm. This is alright, especially for a supposed Altbier, but the corny finish doesn’t sit well with me.
[November 30, 2009]
Bottle from the last week of August 2009. I keep trying to revisit this because I don’t know what to make of it. I want to like it because it is a little different from the meager selection of beers at the grocery store, but in the end I think it failed to really impress me. The pour is amber with a small head. Aroma is corny with a faint sourness. The flavor is mild with a silky palate. This feels and tastes like a lager what with its vegetal qualities and strange sourness in the finish. So, this is not terrible but I think I’m done with Dos Perros for a while.

Looks good enough in the glass pouring reddish amber in color with a dissipating beige colored head. Aroma is mildly malty with light dust. Flavor is enjoyable malty with just a bit of corn sweetness and a light spicy hop note. This would be a beer I would drink if it were locally available.

The aroma was malty and nutty with a toasty characteristic of Munich or Vienna malt. The aroma was lightly spicy with caramel and a crisp lager character. The beer poured clear amber brown with a low off-white lasting head which laced the glass. The flavor was nutty with a toasty aspect, again from Munich malt. Caramel was notable along with a light spicy hop character and a light fruity nature. The beer also had a slight bit of roastiness. The body was medium with a moderate level of carbonation. The finish was dry with lasting Munich malt flavor into the aftertaste and beyond. A really nice Vienna Lager. Two bottles at Mortons in Nashville.

Pours a lovely dark tea with minimal head and a nice coffee aroma. Sweet to the taste and leaves a malty, maybe even chocolate flavor on the palate.

Bottle. Nice dark amber pour with a fairly decent head that fades out to a small ring. Smells very similar to a brown ale. Some brown sugar sweetness and breadiness. Very smooth malty taste that I wasn’t expecting with this. Hell, this is a damn good beer.... I could easily session this beer with no problem at all. I have had two Yazoo offerings now and I’m pleasantle surprised with both of them.

12 oz. Huge creamy head that rests atop a clear, dark copper-brown body. Aroma is nut, grain, cocoa, and dry hay. Flavor is a balance of cereal, toasty nut, dry cocoa, light herbs, a sourish tinge, and some malty molasses. Smooth palate has very little tingle and finishes with a slight dry note. I think this is mislabeled as being 3.5% abv (seems more like 5-6%), but is highly sessionable due to the great balance. Flavorful and somewhat unique tasting beer that seems a good hybrid of lager and ale.

i like this beer a lot. had more flavor than a ’traditional’ mexican beer found here in the states.