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Action Man
Howard Brewing Company
- From:
- Howard Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Vienna Lager
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 17.38%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 10, 2016
- Added:
- Aug 28, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
Action Man is a Vienna (or amber) lager and has a light reddish copper color with a light toasted malt aroma. Soft, elegant malt complexity is in the forefront with a firm enough hop bitterness to provide a balanced finish. At 5.5% alcohol by volume it is an easy drinking craft beer with a crisp finish suitable for enjoying all year round.
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Reviewed by OldSwampy from Virginia
4.21/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Hazy light brown with a cream head. Nice nose of spicy malts and yeast. Taste dominated by complex spicy malts, rich with notes of autumn leaves and over-ripe apples. Mouthfeel rich but not too full, slightly creamy, ends with a lingering tingle. Hop presence subtle and nicely integrated. A fine rich light brown lager. My first beer from this brewery. Poured from can into nonic and enjoyed 9 July 2016. Note: as of this review date, the information on the page says this has an ABV of 5.1% but my can says 5.5%.
Jul 10, 2016Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.44/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.44/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Look: It pours an amber color with a light beige head. The head is rather long lasting.
Smell: It has aromas of toast and spice.
Taste: There are flavors of toast and spice with hints of pine.
Feel: It has a light feel to it and a mostly crisp clean lager taste.
Overall it is a crisp, easy drinking lager high lighted by toast and spices with a bit of pine.
Jun 17, 2016Smell: It has aromas of toast and spice.
Taste: There are flavors of toast and spice with hints of pine.
Feel: It has a light feel to it and a mostly crisp clean lager taste.
Overall it is a crisp, easy drinking lager high lighted by toast and spices with a bit of pine.
Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia
2.62/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.62/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
12 ounce - $2.00 at Tasty Beverage Company in Asheville, North Carolina.
Appearance: Looks to be a lightly hazed, amber-hued body with a small, near white head.
Smell: A little musty, mushy graininess with a smattering of pine and spice and a background hint of forgotten fruit.
Taste: Toasted barley grains given a dollop of sweetish golden syrup. An odd 'off' fruitiness emerges pretty quickly, obscuring the minor piney/sprucey vibe and light spicing. Thinning, bitterish finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium-low carbonation.
Overall: Better sit this next round out, Action Man.
Jan 01, 2016Appearance: Looks to be a lightly hazed, amber-hued body with a small, near white head.
Smell: A little musty, mushy graininess with a smattering of pine and spice and a background hint of forgotten fruit.
Taste: Toasted barley grains given a dollop of sweetish golden syrup. An odd 'off' fruitiness emerges pretty quickly, obscuring the minor piney/sprucey vibe and light spicing. Thinning, bitterish finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium-low carbonation.
Overall: Better sit this next round out, Action Man.
Rated by bendukes86 from South Carolina
2.75/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
A little watery ...but deec
May 12, 2015Reviewed by GarthDanielson from Virginia
3.52/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On-tap in a shaker pint, the beer is a vibrant, slightly hazed, caramel coloring, with a sparse, clingy, white head. Aromas of roasted caramel, toasted grains, and floral highlights. Flavors are toasted grain and bitter hops forward, with an extremely crisp finish. Aftertaste of roasted caramel. Tasty, easy drinker.
Oct 15, 2014Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.77/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap. Murky light brown with a fluffy finger of cream foam. Caramel and toast in the nose with a spicy hop finish for the aromas. Taste follows, has a certain muted nature to the hops but malts are creamy in the delivery. Feel is lush with the malts, but very monotone, get some toastiness by the finish. It's ok
Aug 04, 2014
Action Man from Howard Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
32 ratings
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