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Minnesota's Brew Northern Lager
Melanie Brewing Company
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Melanie Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 2.16 | pDev: 29.17%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 18, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2007
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by bwiechmann:
Reviewed by bwiechmann from Minnesota
1.77/5 rDev -18.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2.5
1.77/5 rDev -18.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2.5
This beer is a drain-pour. Its only use is in ice-fishing houses where one's tastebuds are numb.
The appearance is similar to any yellowish-fizzy beer in a can. Small head, no lacing.
Smell- No
Taste- some bready grain perhaps- surprisingly there was a minute hint of hop abstract noted.
Mouthfeel- Thin, highly carbonated.
Drinkability- High when taken through a funnel or when a hole is poked in the bottom and the top is popped- otherwise the taste gets in the way of consuming several of these.
Apr 24, 2010The appearance is similar to any yellowish-fizzy beer in a can. Small head, no lacing.
Smell- No
Taste- some bready grain perhaps- surprisingly there was a minute hint of hop abstract noted.
Mouthfeel- Thin, highly carbonated.
Drinkability- High when taken through a funnel or when a hole is poked in the bottom and the top is popped- otherwise the taste gets in the way of consuming several of these.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MDT187 from North Carolina
1.25/5 rDev -42.1%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25
1.25/5 rDev -42.1%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25
Wisconsinites brewed this terrible beer and named it "Minnesota Brew" with the sole purpose of making Minnesota look bad. Don't fall for their cynical attack.
Apr 18, 2016Reviewed by Mora2000 from Texas
1.73/5 rDev -19.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.73/5 rDev -19.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
Thanks to swalden28 for sharing this can.
The beer pours a clear yellow color with a white head. The aroma is awful. I get some grain, grassy hops, corn and a very off flavor that I can't identify. The flavor is not any better and may actually be worse. I get some corn and something that resembles skunk urine. Not sure how a canned beer was skunked, but I am also not sure how this beer made it to market. I guess there have to be some mysteries out there. Watery with medium carbonation.
Jun 22, 2010The beer pours a clear yellow color with a white head. The aroma is awful. I get some grain, grassy hops, corn and a very off flavor that I can't identify. The flavor is not any better and may actually be worse. I get some corn and something that resembles skunk urine. Not sure how a canned beer was skunked, but I am also not sure how this beer made it to market. I guess there have to be some mysteries out there. Watery with medium carbonation.
Reviewed by Hophead101 from Pennsylvania
2.52/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
2.52/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
had a beer tasting at a friend's house on 3.28.09 - had this beer more as a joke.
it actually looked pretty decent. nice creamy head - nice crisp clean yellow color. lots of tiny bubbles coming up from the bottom and nice lacing to boot. not much to smell - some minor malt and very light hops.
the taste was very macro lager-ish. not much in the flavor department. very bland and very basic. the mouthfeel (outside the bland taste) wasn't half bad - a bit soft and creamy with a little edge at the end.
Dec 05, 2009it actually looked pretty decent. nice creamy head - nice crisp clean yellow color. lots of tiny bubbles coming up from the bottom and nice lacing to boot. not much to smell - some minor malt and very light hops.
the taste was very macro lager-ish. not much in the flavor department. very bland and very basic. the mouthfeel (outside the bland taste) wasn't half bad - a bit soft and creamy with a little edge at the end.
Reviewed by happygnome from Minnesota
2.8/5 rDev +29.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.8/5 rDev +29.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
a: pours a light golden color that is typical of the macro lager catagory with an eigth inch of head that dissapears fast leaving no lacing
s: corn adjunct malts no hop presence
t: corn malts at first, the hop bitterness that follows is very light and barely detectable
m: light to medium bodied with a little more than average amount of carbonation
overall, this is a cheap macro lager, $4 for a 6 pack, something that I will probably never buy again
Jul 24, 2007s: corn adjunct malts no hop presence
t: corn malts at first, the hop bitterness that follows is very light and barely detectable
m: light to medium bodied with a little more than average amount of carbonation
overall, this is a cheap macro lager, $4 for a 6 pack, something that I will probably never buy again
Minnesota's Brew Northern Lager from Melanie Brewing Company
Beer rating:
2.16 out of
5 with
8 ratings
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